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

The altar screen and railing were taken down.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

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)

Among the latter we may note the high altar screen at S. Alban’s, and the stalls at Carlisle and Ripon.

From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various

Behind the altar screen was an invisible choir.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)