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Miniature Prie-Dieu, Fairy Castle
Specifications
Miniature Prie-Dieu, Fairy Castle
Category
Art, Architecture, and Design
Classification
CHENHALL - Furnishings - Furniture - Support Furniture - Stand, Floor - Lectern
CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts - Sculpture - Miniature
Object Origin
Date Created:
1928-1935
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Miniature wooden lectern with flat, angled top surface for displaying Bible. The lecturn is stained a honey brown color, with carved details painted gold, white, blue, and red. Three carved faces are arranged in a triangluar pattern on vertical back panel of lecturn, as well as two angles with wings in profile.
Materials:
wood
Measurements: Object:
Height: 4 in, Width: 2.5 in, Depth: 2 in
Weight: 0.06 lbs
Credit
Gift of Colleen Moore, 49.129.191.2
Display Status
On Exhibit
Miniature Prie-Dieu, Fairy Castle
About: Miniature Prie-Dieu, Fairy Castle
About: Miniature Prie-Dieu, Fairy Castle
This miniature prie-dieu (which resembles a lectern) is found in the Chapel of the Fairy Castle and is used to support the Bible. Traditionally, prie-dieus are commonly used for sermons and scripture readings in churches. It is delicately carved with the faces of three cherubim.
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