Important Monumental Italian Church Altar Frontal Antependium
Located in Forney, TX
The last photo shows a second altar frontal we have available from the same estate.
Category
Antique 19th Century Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Altar Frontal
19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery ( 1'6" x 6' - 46 x 183 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery ( 1'6" x 6' - 46 x 183 ) Originally the upper section of a larger, 2-piece altar frontal panel.
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Silk
Wood and plaster panel, lacquered floral and leafy decorations, italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique wooden and plaster panel, altar frontal, lacquered with a white plaster base with carved and gilded floral and leaf decorations, Centered by a painting with a mythological fi...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Panelling
Materials
Plaster, Poplar
16th Century Venetian Red Velvet Fabric with Gold Embroidery and Coat of Arms
Located in Doha, QA
This outstanding piece likely once adorned a ceremonial interior—possibly used as a valance, border for an altar frontal, or part of a larger furnishing in a grand palazzo.
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Gold
Antique Italian Ecclesiastical Silk Embroidery Panel, 17th–18th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The quality of the embroidery, the use of metallic threads, and the iconographic balance are consistent with Italian Baroque ecclesiastical textiles, possibly originating from Veneto...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Pillows and Throws
Materials
Metallic Thread
Small nave. Silver. SANZ DE VELASCO, Juan Antonio. Valladolid, Spain, 18th cent
By Juan Antonio Sanz de Velasco
Located in Madrid, ES
Apart from other works preserved with hallmarks by the master (many in private Spanish collections), it is worth highlighting the silver altar frontal of the Virgin of the Tabernacle...
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Silver
A Rare 17/18 C. North Italian Scagliola Panel with Parrots, Peacocks, & Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Panels of this type were commonly used as antependia—altar frontals—designed to mimic richly embroidered silk textiles.
Category
Antique 1690s Italian Baroque Tables
Materials
Scagliola
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Antique Silk Velvet Altar Frontal
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Canterbury, GB
Antique French Altar Frontal / Valance Finest quality silk velvet.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Curtains and Valances
Materials
Velvet
18th Century Silk Brocade Altar Frontals PAIR
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Canterbury, GB
A pair of antique Altar Frontals Dating from 18th Century Gold silk ground brocaded with a Crown above Eight Point Stars , Cross, and stylized Pomegranates Lined in crimson silk ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Baroque Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Embroidered Spanish Silk Altar Frontal Circa 1700
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Canterbury, GB
A truly magnificent Altar Frontal (antependium) Extremely rare museum worthy work of art Spanish or Italian Dating from circa 1680 The embroidery worked in Silver metal threads fea...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Pillows and Throws
Materials
Metallic Thread
Monumental Antique Italian Religious Altar Frontal Tapestry Panel
Located in Forney, TX
The last photo shows a second altar frontal we have available from the same estate.
Category
Early 20th Century Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
18th Century Continental Altar Frontal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Embroidered in colored wools with floral sprays, flower filled cornucopias and metal thread detailing. The background is embroidered with white bugle beads which reflect light givin...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Wool
18th Century Continental Altar Frontal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Embroidered in colored wools with floral sprays, flower filled cornucopias and metal thread detailing. The background is embroidered with white bugle beads which reflect light giving...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century European Rococo Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Metallic Thread
Antique Framed Ecclesiastical Textile Panel, Baroque Embroidery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally part of a church vestment or altar frontal, the piece is worked in couched gilt and silver metallic threads with silk embroidery on a golden ground, surrounded by a deep c...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Wool, Silk, Velvet, Wood
St George and the Dragon Hand-Painted Stained Glass Window
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
His studios produced over 4,000 windows and also designs for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lichgates and memorials that helped to define a late 19th century s...
Category
2010s English Victorian Windows
Materials
Lead
LIMOGES tableware. France, XX century. Juste-Mauve model. Marbella Club Hotel
Located in Marbella, ES
It will be the most important enamel workshop, above the Rhineland and Meuse, which disappeared in the 12th century and were dedicated to the production of single plates by order, wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
15th century Florentine Sculpted Wooden Head of Christ
Located in Leesburg, VA
A further homogeny between our head of Christ and the work of the Maiano brothers is observed in the sculptural language of a marble altar frontal depicting a Pietá in relief in the ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Sculptures and Carv...
Materials
Wood
17th c. Italian Walnut Columns
Located in New York, NY
Altar columns. Fine diagonal frontal carving. Beautifully sculptured Corinthian capitals.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Walnut
Madonna del Cardellino
Located in Milano, IT
This detail suggests that the original placement wasnear a wall or over a small altar that privileged a frontal fruition.
Category
Antique 16th Century French Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Reginald HallwardReginald Hallward Dove Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour, c. 1919
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H 3.55 in W 6.3 in
Reginald Hallward Dove Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour
By Reginald Hallward
Located in London, GB
Reginald Hallward (1858-1948) Dove Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour 9x16 cm Born on the Isle of Wight, painter, poet, glassmaker and book designer.
Category
1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Reginald HallwardReginald Hallward Embroidery Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour Edwardian 1920, c. 1919
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H 2.17 in W 6.3 in
Reginald Hallward Embroidery Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour Edwardian 1920
By Reginald Hallward
Located in London, GB
Reginald Hallward (1858-1948) Embroidery Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour with whitening 5.5x16 cm Born on the Isle of Wight, painter, poet, glassmaker and book designer.
Category
1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Reginald HallwardReginald Hallward Original Design for Rose Pink Altar Frontal c.1910 Watercolour, c. 1919
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H 3.35 in W 6.11 in
Reginald Hallward Original Design for Rose Pink Altar Frontal c.1910 Watercolour
By Reginald Hallward
Located in London, GB
Reginald Hallward (1858-1948) Five Rows of Hearts with Chalice Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour 8.5x15.5cm Born on the Isle of Wight, painter, poet, glassmaker and book designer.
Category
1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Reginald HallwardReginald Hallward Rose Pink Altar Frontal Design Hearts & Chalice Gouache c.1920, c. 1920
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H 1.68 in W 5.12 in
Reginald Hallward Rose Pink Altar Frontal Design Hearts & Chalice Gouache c.1920
By Reginald Hallward
Located in London, GB
Reginald Hallward (1858-1948) Rose Pink Altar Frontal Design Hearts with Chalice Watercolour 4.25x13cm Born on the Isle of Wight, painter, poet, glassmaker and book designer.
Category
1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Gouache
Silver and Gold Sculpture of a Flowering Urn
Located in New York, NY
Flowering urns on altars were seen frontally, and typically one-sided, but ours is sculpted in the round.
Category
Antique 1710s Italian Baroque Urns
Materials
Metal
Metallic Embroidered Antependium
Located in Sausalito, CA
Late 17th or early 18th Century silk and metallic embroidered antependium (altar frontal) from either Sicily or Italy. This unusual and rare embroidery uses gold and silver thread a...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Art
Rare Renaissance Italian Bronze by Niccolo Rocatagliata
By Niccolo Roccatagliata
Located in Louisville, KY
Moise and the altar frontal, depicting a musical entombement. He may have worked in Genoa for a period of time.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Altar table
Located in New York, NY
Country style elm wood altar table with frontal sliding panel doors
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Elm
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Altar Frontal For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic altar frontal available at 1stDibs. An altar frontal — often made from wood, fabric and hardwood — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without an altar frontal — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right altar frontal, those designed in Baroque styles are of considerable interest. Reginald Hallward each produced at least one beautiful altar frontal that is worth considering.
How Much is a Altar Frontal?
An altar frontal can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,421, while the lowest priced sells for $279 and the highest can go for as much as $360,000.
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