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
In 1825 Cottingham removed a huge altar screen thence, and opened and renewed the lower range of windows, of which the central had been quite, and the other two partly, blocked with brickwork.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)
By the pillar north of the altar screen was the tomb of Sir Thomas Heneage.
From Old St. Paul's Cathedral by Benham, William
Here we saw also an ancient marble chair, a marble altar screen, and a pavement in the ribbon mosaic, of which arch�ologues have so much to say.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
The beautiful tabernacle work of the altar screen contained a double range of niches filled with the statues of saints and kings; and these, he saw, were singing.
From A Child's Book of Saints by Robinson, T. H. (Thomas Heath)
