Frontal Altar
Important Monumental Italian Church Altar Frontal Antependium
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent Italian church antependium altar frontal, acquired from the estate of the iconic
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Antique 19th Century Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique Gilt Bronze Enamel Travel Altar Triptych
Located in New York, NY
An antique Catholic gilt bronze travel altar triptych case featuring inside a crucifix cross set
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Religious Items
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery ( 1'6" x 6' - 46 x 183 )
Located in New York, NY
larger, 2-piece altar frontal panel.
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Silk
LIMOGES tableware. France, XX century. Juste-Mauve model. Marbella Club Hotel
Located in Marbella, ES
production of single plates by order, which were then mounted on an object or joined together to form altar
Category
Mid-20th Century French Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Wooden Head, Edo People, Benin Nigeria with Stand
Located in Hamburg, DE
are six frontal scars treated with rectangular cavities in which should have inserts nutshells. In
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Antique Mid-19th Century Beninese Busts
Materials
Hardwood
16th Century Polychrome Reliquary of a Monk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
reliquary-bust was destined to be seen frontally. It may have been placed against a wall, upon an altar. The
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Wood
Romanesque Madonna - 1175/80
Located in Wien, Wien
compact size (approx. 35 cm) as well as the high quality indicate its production for the precious altar
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Collection of Dagari Spirit Figures From Burkina Faso
Located in Hudson, NY
ideals of Lobi Figural carving. They are mostly frontal in presentation and aspect, enigmatic and
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Vintage 1930s Burkinabe Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of "Heroine" by théophile François Somme
By Théophile François Somme
Located in Oakland, CA
“Heroine” by Theophile Francois Somme is a dramatic and richly detailed Art Nouveau sculpture in bronze and chryselephantine created, circa 1920. This exceptional piece has finely ca...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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C.1950's Théodore Haviland "Gold Encrusted Hearts" 21pc Porcelain Dinnerware Set
By Theodore Haviland
Located in Thiensville, WI
C.1940's - 1950's Théodore Haviland "Milford" "gold encrusted hearts" 21pc porcelain dinnerware set.
This beautiful dinnerware set comes with 21 individual pieces: 1 oblong/oval s...
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Vintage 1950s American American Classical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H 1.2 in W 13.75 in D 10.75 in
Audubon by TIFFANY & Co Limoges Porcelain Vanity Trinket Box Chinoiserie Decor
By Limoges, Tiffany & Co.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Audubon by TIFFANY & Co Limoges Porcelain Vanity Round Jar.
Highly collectible Audubon by Tiffany, Chinese Pavilion produced in France by Limoges.
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Antique La Porcelain Limousine Limoges France 48pc Porcelain China Set
By Martial Redon
Located in Dayton, OH
Exquisite antique 48 piece set of French La Porcelain Limousine Limoges porcelain dinnerware. Features a band of weaving blue flowering vines framing pink roses, with gilded gold tri...
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Early 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Haviland & Co Limoges 106 Pc Amstel Schleiger 497A Dinner Service China
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
A large and impressive antique 106 piece set of Limoges porcelain dinnerware produced by Haviland & Company in The Amstel pattern (aka Schleiger, number 497A), for the Jones, McDuffi...
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Early 20th Century Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
H 2.25 in W 14.5 in D 20.25 in
Haviland Limoges Demitasse Cup and Saucer Set Bone China, Art Deco
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Haviland Limoges demitasse cup and saucer set was made for Wright Tindale & Van Roden, high end store in Philadelphia that specialized in selling English and Limoges porcelain in 188...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges 6 French White Porcelain Flat Plates and Gold Decorations
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
We ...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century
Orpheus and the animals
Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm
Provenance: South German private collection.
On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
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17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Five Clawed Dragon Chinese Silk and Metallic Thread Embroidered Textile
Located in Ferrara, IT
In this amazing textile, dragons with five claws are flying among the clouds and seem to be protecting a very special diamond. In the past, the dragon was a symbol of power and luck....
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Other Textiles
Materials
Metallic Thread
H 85.04 in W 33.86 in D 0.12 in
Limoges France Porcelain Dish Ashtray Souvenir of Paris Cobalt Blue and 24K Gold
By Limoges
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-Painted Cobalt Blue and Gold Limoges France Porcelain Ashtray.
Vintage Limoges France porcelain round ashtray cobalt blue and 24 karat gold.
Elegant precious porcelain ashtray h...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Ashtrays
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Covered Serving Bowl or Tureen by Haviland Limoges
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Detroit, MI
This lovely vintage antique Haviland Limoges GDA France covered serving tureen or vegetable bowl is circa 1900-1941. It features a translucent white background decorated with a soft,...
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Early 20th Century French Country Serving Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Jean-Gabriel Domergue's French Academician Sword
By Odette Domergue
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important and unique sword was presented to the famed French painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue to commemorate the painter's election to the illustrious Académie des Beaux-Arts in 19...
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20th Century Neoclassical Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Steel
Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey
By Garrard & Co. Ltd., Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
This exceptional, 18 carat gold Easter egg was crafted by the famous London-based royal jewellers, Asprey & Co. The piece was then retailed by Garrard & Co, who once worked in collab...
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1990s English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Framed Antique Chinese Textile
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A spectacular antique Chinese embroidery panel dated from (circa 19th century), professionally framed with linen mat, purchased from Antique Chinese collector This example, entailed ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Bamboo
Antique Haviland Limoges France Chocolate Tea Coffee Pot Floral Rose Teapot 10"
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century large Haviland & Co Limoges porcelain chocolate / tea pot. Tall with scalloped base and upper edge, ribbon shaped handle, hand painted with springs of pink roses a...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 10 in W 6.75 in D 5.75 in
Set 5 collectible plates Haviland Limoges with women 19th
By Haviland & Co.
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Set of five flat plates in Limoges porcelain from the Haviland manufacture. These collectible Haviland plates, dating back to the 19th century, showcase delicate porcelain paintings ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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Polychrome Reliquary Bust of a Monk
Located in Paris, FR
flat and not carved which demonstrates the reliquary-bust was destined to be seen frontally. It may
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Giltwood
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
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
Monumental Antique Italian Religious Altar Frontal Tapestry Panel
Located in Forney, TX
An impressive Italian church altar frontal panel, aquired from the estate of the iconic American
Category
Early 20th Century Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, 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
St George and the Dragon Hand-Painted Stained Glass Window
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lichgates and memorials that helped to
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2010s English Victorian Windows
Materials
Lead
Madonna del Cardellino
Located in Milano, IT
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
By Reginald Hallward
Located in London, GB
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Reginald Hallward (1858-1948)
Dove Design for Altar Frontal
Watercolour
9x16 cm
Born on the
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1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Reginald Hallward Embroidery Design for Altar Frontal Watercolour Edwardian 1920
By Reginald Hallward
Located in London, GB
(1858-1948)
Embroidery Design for Altar Frontal
Watercolour with whitening
5.5x16 cm
Born on the Isle
Category
1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Reginald Hallward Original Design for Rose Pink Altar Frontal c.1910 Watercolour
By Reginald Hallward
Located in London, GB
(1858-1948)
Five Rows of Hearts with Chalice
Design for Altar Frontal
Watercolour
8.5x15.5cm
Born on
Category
1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Reginald Hallward Rose Pink Altar Frontal Design Hearts & Chalice Gouache c.1920
By Reginald Hallward
Located in London, GB
(1858-1948)
Rose Pink Altar Frontal Design Hearts with Chalice
Watercolour
4.25x13cm
Born on the Isle
Category
1910s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Gouache
Chinese Important Antique Hand carved Wooden Shrine, Qing dynasty 1644-1912
Located in South Burlington, VT
structure with typical swooping roof line with attached roof ornaments and frontal scroll work and featuring
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood
Silver and Gold Sculpture of a Flowering Urn
Located in New York, NY
made as a decoration for a grand residence. Flowering urns on altars were seen frontally, and typically
Category
Antique 1710s Italian Baroque Urns
Materials
Metal
Shere Church altar and ornaments watercolour by Louis Osman FRIBA
By Louis Osman
Located in London, GB
Osman's delicate watercolour depicting Shere Church's interior, which features splendid altar frontals and
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Metallic Embroidered Antependium
Located in Sausalito, CA
Late 17th or early 18th Century silk and metallic embroidered antependium (altar frontal) from
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Art
Rare Renaissance Italian Bronze by Niccolo Rocatagliata
By Niccolo Roccatagliata
Located in Louisville, KY
Redemption' in St. Moise and the altar frontal, depicting a musical entombement. He may have worked in Genoa
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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Frontal Altar For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the frontal altar you’re looking for. Each frontal altar for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and hardwood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect frontal altar — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A frontal altar is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Baroque styles are sought with frequency. Reginald Hallward each produced at least one beautiful frontal altar that is worth considering.
How Much is a Frontal Altar?
Prices for a frontal altar start at $277 and top out at $360,000 with the average selling for $6,082.
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