Art Funded
Altar Frontal
Charles Eamer Kempe (1834 - 1907)
World Museum
1860 - 1890
Altar Frontal from the Church of St Agnes, Liverpool. Christ in Majesty enthroned with three angels on either side playing medieval musical instruments. They stand on a flowery meadow between palm trees. The ground is of ivory silk satin and the colours of the embroidery are red, yellow, blue and gold. Precious and semi-precious stones are worked in.
- Medium: embroidered silk
- Dimensions: 274 x 99 cm
- Art Fund Grant: £3125 ( Total: £12,500)
- ArtFunded in: 1986
- Vendor: St Agnes & St Pancras Parish, Liverpool Diocese
Provenance
Parish of St Agnes and St Pancreas & Diocese of Liverpool.
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