A Pair of Late 18thC Gilded & Silvered Pine Italian Altar Cards c.1790 sub-Architectural & Garden the square legs with fluted

the square legs with fluted pilasters with wonderfully well carved scroll angle brackets and surmounted by roundels

of unusual form and proportions

The chair bears a brass engraved plaque to the front rail which reads: “Presented to the “Friendly” Lodge 1513 - Barnsley – By Bro Herbert Crawshaw 1908”

literally left untouched for the last 173 years

Weight: 33

A Pair of Late 18thC Gilded & Silvered Pine Italian Altar Cards c.1790 sub-Architectural & Garden the square legs with flutedOrigin: Italian Period: Rococo Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1790 Heights: 9 Widths: 10. 5 10 Depths: 1 In entirely original condition, the gilded and carved wooden frames sculpted to vegetal motifs and ribbon bow finials, the silvered altar cards or cartaglorias in shaped cartouches showing the original hand written latin texts in gold, red and green, for recital by the priest at mass, and surviving from late eighteenth century Italy. The wholes are