altar screen
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“I did the sanctuary of the St. Brendan Church in Shallotte with beautiful millwork,” said Setterfield, who also designed a 16-by-14-foot altar screen.
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2015
An altar screen and organ screen, from designs by Carter, were erected; but neither seems to have possessed much merit.
From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
The altar screen and railing were taken down.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
The beautiful altar screen is usually known as the Neville Screen, and was erected about the year 1380, mainly from moneys supplied by John, Lord Neville of Raby.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See by Bygate, Joseph E.
Behind the altar screen was an invisible choir.
From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)
