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Altar Frontal

Important Monumental Italian Church Altar Frontal Antependium
Important Monumental Italian Church Altar Frontal Antependium

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.

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Antique 19th Century Tapestries

Materials

Fabric, Wood

19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery ( 1'6" x 6' - 46 x 183 )
19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery ( 1'6" x 6' - 46 x 183 )

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.

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Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Silk

Wood and plaster panel, lacquered floral and leafy decorations, italy
Wood and plaster panel, lacquered floral and leafy decorations, italy

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...

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Antique 18th Century Italian Panelling

Materials

Plaster, Poplar

Antique Framed Ecclesiastical Textile Panel, Baroque Embroidery
Antique Framed Ecclesiastical Textile Panel, Baroque Embroidery

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...

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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Wool, Silk, Velvet, Wood

16th Century Venetian Red Velvet Fabric with Gold Embroidery and Coat of Arms
16th Century Venetian Red Velvet Fabric with Gold Embroidery and Coat of Arms

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.

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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Tapestries

Materials

Gold

Antique Italian Ecclesiastical Silk Embroidery Panel, 17th–18th Century
Antique Italian Ecclesiastical Silk Embroidery Panel, 17th–18th Century

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...

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Antique Early 18th Century Pillows and Throws

Materials

Metallic Thread

Small nave. Silver. SANZ DE VELASCO, Juan Antonio. Valladolid, Spain, 18th cent
Small nave. Silver. SANZ DE VELASCO, Juan Antonio. Valladolid, Spain, 18th cent

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...

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Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Silver

A Rare 17/18 C. North Italian Scagliola Panel with Parrots, Peacocks, & Flowers
A Rare 17/18 C. North Italian Scagliola Panel with Parrots, Peacocks, & Flowers

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.

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Antique 1690s Italian Baroque Tables

Materials

Scagliola

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Antique Silk Velvet Altar Frontal
Antique Silk Velvet Altar Frontal

Antique Silk Velvet Altar Frontal

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H 24 in W 61 in D 1 in

Antique Silk Velvet Altar Frontal

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in Canterbury, GB

Antique French Altar Frontal / Valance Finest quality silk velvet.

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Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Curtains and Valances

Materials

Velvet

18th Century Silk Brocade Altar Frontals PAIR
18th Century Silk Brocade Altar Frontals PAIR

18th Century Silk Brocade Altar Frontals PAIR

Unavailable

H 47 in W 21 in D 1 in

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 ...

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Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Baroque Tapestries

Materials

Silk

Embroidered Spanish Silk Altar Frontal Circa 1700
Embroidered Spanish Silk Altar Frontal Circa 1700

Embroidered Spanish Silk Altar Frontal Circa 1700

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H 37 in W 57 in D 1 in

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...

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Antique Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Pillows and Throws

Materials

Metallic Thread

Monumental Antique Italian Religious Altar Frontal Tapestry Panel
Monumental Antique Italian Religious Altar Frontal Tapestry Panel

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.

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Early 20th Century Tapestries

Materials

Fabric, Velvet, Wood

18th Century Continental Altar Frontal
18th Century Continental Altar Frontal

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...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Wool

18th Century Continental Altar Frontal
18th Century Continental Altar Frontal

18th Century Continental Altar Frontal

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H 38.5 in W 89.5 in D 2 in

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...

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Antique Mid-18th Century European Rococo Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Metallic Thread

St George and the Dragon Hand-Painted Stained Glass Window
St George and the Dragon Hand-Painted Stained Glass Window

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...

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2010s English Victorian Windows

Materials

Lead

LIMOGES tableware. France, XX century. Juste-Mauve model. Marbella Club Hotel
LIMOGES tableware. France, XX century. Juste-Mauve model. Marbella Club Hotel

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...

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Mid-20th Century French Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

15th century Florentine Sculpted Wooden Head of Christ
15th century Florentine Sculpted Wooden Head of Christ

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 ...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Sculptures and Carv...

Materials

Wood

17th c. Italian Walnut Columns
17th c. Italian Walnut Columns

17th c. Italian Walnut Columns

Located in New York, NY

Altar columns. Fine diagonal frontal carving. Beautifully sculptured Corinthian capitals.

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Walnut

Madonna del Cardellino
Madonna del Cardellino

Madonna del Cardellino

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H 23.43 in W 10.83 in D 7.88 in

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.  

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Antique 16th Century French Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Oak

Reginald Hallward Dove Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour

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.

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1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Reginald Hallward Embroidery Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour Edwardian 1920

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.

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1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Reginald Hallward Original Design for Rose Pink Altar Frontal c.1910 Watercolour

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.

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1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Reginald Hallward Rose Pink Altar Frontal Design Hearts & Chalice Gouache c.1920

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.

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1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Gouache

Silver and Gold Sculpture of a Flowering Urn
Silver and Gold Sculpture of a Flowering Urn

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.

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Antique 1710s Italian Baroque Urns

Materials

Metal

Metallic Embroidered Antependium
Metallic Embroidered Antependium

Metallic Embroidered Antependium

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H 51.5 in W 80.5 in

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...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Art

Rare Renaissance Italian Bronze by Niccolo Rocatagliata
Rare Renaissance Italian Bronze by Niccolo Rocatagliata

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.

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Altar table
Altar table

Altar table

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H 32 in W 43.5 in D 20 in

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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Materials

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Materials

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Fine 19th Century French Neo-Gothic Gilt Metal Cathedral Church Reliquary Pair
Fine 19th Century French Neo-Gothic Gilt Metal Cathedral Church Reliquary Pair

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Located in Forney, TX

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Materials

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Located in Epfach, DE

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Located in Atlanta, GA

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$3,750

H 8 in W 8 in D 0.25 in

Antique Chinese Embroidery Textile 8" x 8"

Located in New York, NY

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tapestries

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Louis XVI Style Paneling with Louis XVI Period Mantel and Trumeau
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Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

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Selection of eight restored 19th C Neo-Gothic Stained-Glass Windows

Selection of eight restored 19th C Neo-Gothic Stained-Glass Windows

$112,147 / set

H 64.18 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in

Selection of eight restored 19th C Neo-Gothic Stained-Glass Windows

Located in Leuven , BE

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Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

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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.