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Antique Gilt Bronze Enamel Travel Altar Triptych
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Catholic gilt bronze travel altar triptych case featuring inside a crucifix cross set
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Religious Items
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Continental Carved Wood Tabletop Altar Crucifix
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique French continental carved wood altar crucifix, composed of gesso and gilt, standing on an
Category
Early 20th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
French 18th Century Weathered Oak Baroque Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique baroque weathered oak Altar, Frankrijk, circa 1750. Weathered, small losses and old repairs.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Oak
Large 18th Century, Italian Giltwood Baroque Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and complete unique Baroque gilded altar with rich decor and great traces of color
Italy
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Late 16th Century Painting Wood Church Altar
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare collector's item ! Antique church altar from the late 16th century painted wood. On the front
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Religious Items
Materials
Wood
A Burmese Gilt Lacquer Shrine or Altar
Located in Austin, TX
An elaborate and intricate Burmese shrine or altar.
The shrine proper is encased in clear glass
Category
Antique 19th Century Burmese Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Large 19th Century Spanish Baroque Style Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
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Fabulous and large baroque style Altar with traces of its original gilding and color, Spain
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items
Antique Holland Brass Works #203 Religious Funerary Stand
Located in Forney, TX
wonderful addition to any church, religious collection, home altar, photography prop, etc.
Dimensions
Category
Early 20th Century American Religious Items
Materials
Metal
French 19th Century Altar Silvered Alter Crucifix
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A 19th Century silver plated French alter crucifix. Above Jesus' head, there is a plaque reading "INRI" which is “Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum” meaning ''Jesus of Nazareth, King of ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
A Pair of Porta Palmas Altar Pieces - SOLD
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Wonderful Pair of 19th C. Italian Porta Palmas (Altar Pieces).
Category
20th Century Italian Religious Items
Materials
Brass
18th Century French Carved Oak Baroque Altar Niche
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique carved oak Baroque altar niche.
France, circa 1750. Weathered, small losses and old
Category
Antique 18th Century French Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Oak
French 19th Century Crucifix from a Church Altar
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French tall brass crucifix from a church altar, wonderful detailing, dimensional cross on tripod
Category
Antique 19th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Jeweled Bronze Altar Cross with Painted Enamel Medallions
Located in New York, NY
A very large Finest quality early 19 century French Jeweled Bronze Altar Cross with hand Painted
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Religious Items
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Italian 17th-18th Century Baroque Giltwood Altar Niche
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning altar niche with its original gilding and decoration. Made to hang.
Italy, circa 1650
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Metal
Glass Altar Flowers
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
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Category
20th Century French Baroque Religious Items
Small 18th Century French Carved Oak Baroque Altar Niche
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique carved oak Baroque altar niche.
France, circa 1750. Weathered, small losses and old
Category
Antique 18th Century French Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Oak
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure in a Wooden Altar, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin in a wooden altar. Made in traditional Catalan
Category
Vintage 1950s Spanish Modern Religious Items
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Large Bronze Altar Crucifix 19th Century After Giambologna of Florence
By Giambologna
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Bronze Altar Crucifix 19th Century After Giambologna of Florence.
This antique silvered
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Religious Items
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Wood
Brass Church Altar Bell Snuffer Candle Lighter Pole
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 1900s arts and crafts wood and brass handled, extra long church/altar candle lighter and bell
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Religious Items
Materials
Brass
19th Century hand crafted model of a church altar diorama
Located in London, GB
19th Century hand crafted model of a church altar diorama
An important 19th Century paper over
Category
Antique 1870s Unknown Early Victorian Religious Items
Materials
Pine
Pair of Solid Brass Altar Candleholders, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Late 19th century pair of French tall solid brass altar candleholders.
Measure: Height 14.50
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Brass
19th Century Russian Orthodox Enameled Bronze Folding Traveling Altar Icon
Located in Vero Beach, FL
A cast bronze three panel folding traveling altar icon. The front panel with a scene of the cross
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Russian Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Late 19th Century Silver Plate Altar Candlesticks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A magnificent pair of 19th century silver plate candlesticks from Catholic Church altar in France
Category
Antique 19th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian 18th Century Carved Wooden Baroque Altar with its Original Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique carved and gilded Baroque altar with its original Madonna.
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Base or Plinth for an Altar Cross, Wood, Baroque, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Base for altar cross. Wood, 17th century.
Pedestal for an altar cross made in woods of different
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Vintage Rosewood Pavitra Pooja Mandir Home Temple Prayer Worship Altar
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Rosewood pavitra mandir / pooja / puja mandir (holy / ritual temple) featuring a knockdown design with bun feet, drawer for accessories / ritual tools, turned pillars, scallo...
Category
Late 20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Mahogany
Domestic Altar, Alabaster and Wood, Possibly Malines ‘Mechelen’ Mid-16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Domestic altar with "The Last Supper" and "God the Father". Relief in alabaster with polychrome
Category
Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Religious Items
Materials
Alabaster
Early 20th Century French Rococo Free Standing Bronze Dore Altar Crucifix
Located in Dallas, TX
shell motifs. The tall religious item is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use, and
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
1mt Brass Medieval Revival Altar Corpus Christi Christ Crucified 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Medieval Revival gilt brass altar Corpus Christi of Christ crucified on a
Category
Antique 1890s Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Antique 3ft French Patinated Walnut Corpus Christi Altar Cross 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a large fine antique French patinated walnut Corpus Christi altar cross, circa 1860 in date
Category
Antique 1860s French Religious Items
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Italian Gilt Sun Burst Altar Piece Fragment with Painted Dove
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 19th century Italian altar piece fragment. This antique fragment was once part of an Italian
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century American Neo-Gothic Oak Church Altar Temple Lectern Book Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A monumental antique Victorian Gothic Revival carved oak church altar / synagogue lectern / book
Category
Antique 19th Century North American Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Oak
Early 20th Century Italian Gilt Brass and Wooden Altar or Sculpture Stand
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Standing at 39 inches in height, this large brass and wooden altar piece was originally used in an
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Edo Period Bronze Altar Stand – Dated 1650 (Keian 3), Commissioned for Jōrakuji
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A rare and finely cast Japanese bronze altar stand from the early Edo period, dated Keian 3 (1650
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 18th Century Italian Louis XV Altar Giltwood Frames with Mercury Mirror
Located in Milano, MI
religious artworks have been placed on the altar only during Mass and they usually contain the prayers that
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Religious Items
Materials
Mercury Glass, Pine
Early 20th Century French Silvered Iron Altar Crucifix with Fleur-de-Lys Cross
Located in Dallas, TX
This altar crucifix showcases the refined detailing and spiritual gravitas of ecclesiastical design
Category
Early 20th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Iron, Silver Plate
Old Print of the Papal Altar, Located in St. Peter
s Basilica, the Vatican, 1710
Located in Langweer, NL
papal altar by Bernini, located in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican. This print originates from 'Studio
Category
Antique 1710s Religious Items
Materials
Paper
Chinese Provincial Altar
Located in Chicago, IL
used as an altar for religious rituals honouring ancestors. Burnished through time and wear, the table
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Pine
$1,780
Italian 18th Century Religious Painting with Cherubs
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Italian religious painting fragments from an altar with cherubs and roses, circa 1700s.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Paintings
Antique 1920s Tibetan Stepped Storage Altar Cabinet
Located in Centennial, CO
form would have allowed this cabinet to also be used as an altar for displaying religious objects
Category
Late 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Buffets
Materials
Pine, Lacquer
Colonial Retablo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Polychrome wooden altar piece with religious depictions of St.Anthony.
Category
Antique 19th Century Honduran Paintings
Materials
Cedar, Paint
$6,325
The Ceremonies of the Low Mass – 1734 Engraving Reflecting the Passion of Christ
Located in Langweer, NL
, yet expressive, and the architectural settings and religious paintings behind each altar add depth and
Category
Antique 1730s Prints
Materials
Paper
Magnificent Pair of Antique Carved Pine Angels on Iron Bases, circa 1710
Located in Dallas, TX
, either Italy or possibly Germany, where they created masterful carved altars and religious statues
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Oil on Canvas of a Young Lady with a Basket of Fruit by Hans Zaztka
By Hans Zatzka
Located in Tarzana, CA
did not make his living from postcards but from his religious frescoes in churches, altar paintings
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century European Religious Altar Reliquary Monstrance With Relic
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce ecclesiastical antique European Baroque religious altar reliquary monstrance with holy
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Religious Items
Materials
Metal
Large European Antique Carved Painted Silver Gilt Religious Altar Niche
Located in Forney, TX
A large one-of-a-kind European antique hand carved polychrome painted silver-gilt religious altar
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Pine, Paint
19th Century Carved Fruitwood Sitting Martyr Figure, Christ on a Rock
Located in Haarlem, NL
Polychromed sitting hand-carved wooden religious altar statue.
He misses a hand, this is very
Category
Antique 19th Century European Religious Items
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Religious Hand-Painted Altar Triptych Icon Ecclesiastical Art
Located in Forney, TX
religious folk art works.
A most impressive display of Catholic Saint / Santos figures, one on horse, the
Category
Antique 19th Century European Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Iron
Large 19th Century Spanish Giltwood Religious Church Processional Altar Cross
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent monumental Spanish ecclesiastical hand carved giltwood church processional / altar
Category
Antique 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Spanish Colonial Hispano-Philippine Carved Santo
Located in Forney, TX
(Spanish-Filipinos) hand carved hard wood religious altar figure presents splendidly, with scattered
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Hardwood
French 19th Century Altar Fragment
Located in Round Top, TX
A very lovely mid-19th century Altar Fragment in gilt wood. Beautifully carved with a stunning
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Italian Altar Fragment
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian gilt iron altar fragment with five metal Bobeche platforms for candles. Each
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Religious Items
Materials
Metal
French Gilded Bronze Altar Crucifix, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
An 19th-century French altar crucifix crafted in richly gilded bronze. This ecclesiastical piece
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders.
Beautiful
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders.
Beautiful color
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Spanish 18th Century Baroque Giltwood Altar Shrine
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful giltwood altar shrine with original patina and color. Great and unique item.
Spain
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Small 18th Century Spanish Baroque Altar Shrine
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful small baroque altar shrine with traces of its original gilding and color, Spain, circa
Category
Antique 18th Century Spanish Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
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Religious Altar For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic religious altar available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, every religious altar was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a religious altar — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A religious altar is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Baroque, Arts and Crafts and Louis XVI styles are sought with frequency.
Finding the Right Religious-items for You
Religious art has had an enduring and significant role throughout history and continues to resonate with modern audiences. Over the years, vintage and antique religious artifacts have become popular with collectors and the devout alike, and religious art has been used to express devotion across a range of media.
Historic examples of religious art remain evocative. From the Renaissance to 1800, many Old Masters actively explored sacred themes from Christianity. In the Baroque period, painters infused religious scenes with intense emotions through the technique of chiaroscuro, which uses strong contrasts between light and dark.
From the 18th to 19th century, Gothic Revival saw designers using elements that evoked the Middle Ages. Artists found inspiration in the romantic qualities of medieval paneling, furniture and other accoutrements, such as candelabras, statues and crosses. Works created in the Gothic style add drama and a grandiose elegance to any room.
Religious art reflects the diversity of beliefs around the world. Islamic art and Judaica are just a couple of examples of the vibrant expression that has coursed through faith-based art over the centuries. Sculptures have long depicted the image of Buddha, while intricately carved reliefs have stunningly depicted deities from Hinduism, like Ganesh. Members of Nepalese religions that emphasize shamanism have made ornate drums, artistically enhanced with images of animals like birds.
In some cases, artisans have created pieces that celebrate specific religious holidays such as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. But even everyday items are an opportunity to bring both art and religion into a space. For example, designers of furniture over the years have drawn on elements found in cathedrals and other religious settings in order to elevate their work.
On 1stDibs, find a varied collection of antique and vintage religious artifacts and other objects that can be searched by style, period, artist and material, such as wood or metal.
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