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

Farther east is a solid altar screen, classical in design, of wood, with a pediment, in which is a triangle surrounded by rays, enclosing certain Hebrew letters in gold.

From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)

The altar screen and railing were taken down.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

An altar screen and organ screen, from designs by Carter, were erected; but neither seems to have possessed much merit.

From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)

By the pillar north of the altar screen was the tomb of Sir Thomas Heneage.

From Old St. Paul's Cathedral by Benham, William