Portuguese Oratory 18th Century Palisander Wood

PORTUGUESE ORATORY WITH JESUS CHRIST from the 18th century, in painted and gilded wood, interior with oil-painted door panels with San Francisco, Santo António...

PORTUGUESE ORATORY 18th Century in mahogany wood with gilding. Glass doors. Interior with apricot. Dim.: 155 x 120 x 47 cm. good conditions

Mobile Oratory 19th century, in painted and gilded carved wood. Interior painted with two shelves. Dim.: 194 x 85 x 38 cm. Good condition.

Oratory Portuguese, 19th century in painted, gilded and carved wood, with glazed door and sides. Sitting on a back base, with a door decorated with a gallant scene. Painted interio...

IMPORTANT LARGE PORTUGUESE ORATORY 17th Century in carved and turned Brazilian rosewood with remains of gilding, glass doors and sides. Interior with painted, polychrome and gold de...

A scarce French Provincial Louis XV (1715-1774) / Louis XVI (1774-1792) Period mixed wood religious oratory (prie-dieu / altar) Hand-crafted in France in the 18th century, with later 19th century elements, likely originating in the south of France / Mediterranean region, featuring pegged solid wooden construction of warm, rich fruitwood, chesnut, oak, and maple. Having a slant-front bureau with tall raised back decorated with three Renaissance Revival style high relief panels, the center depicting religious scene comprising Jesus and winged Saint, the side panels with foliate floral fruit pendant carvings, flanked by classical turned baluster-form columns, surmounted with highly stylized hand carved and turned finials. Over a slant-front with star parquetry, the hinged drop-front opens to reveal a distressed leather writing desk / lectern / pulpit on which the holy books can be laid open and allows to shelter the books, which were considered precious goods at that time. The lower sacristy cabinet has a pair of slide-out supports flanking a paneled cupboard door decorated with a large stepped base Christian cross parquetry inlay, affixed with later decorative forged iron faux escutcheon overtop. The door opening with key to a single fixed shelf on which holy items...