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Tabernacle Door

1520-1525 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Aachen (made)

Wrought iron tabernacle door

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Architectural Fittings
Ironwork
Object type
Tabernacle door
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Ironwork tabernacle door, wrought iron, Aachen, 1500-1525.
Physical description
Wrought iron tabernacle door
Dimensions
  • Height: 74.5cm
  • Width: 64.5cm
  • Depth: 3cm
Gallery label
(05/02/2025)
TABERNACLE DOOR
Wrought iron,
Aachen, Germany, c. 1500-25

The design of threaded bars, although appearing simplistic, is in fact an impressive demonstration of the blacksmith’s skill.

Museum No. 1000-1893
(07/1994)
TABERNACLE DOOR
Wrought iron
Germany (Aachen); around 1500-1525

A tabernacle is a secure cupbaord to store the church vessel known as a pyx, which holds the consecrated Host, the wafer used in the Communion service. The design of threaded bars, although apparently simple, is an impressive demonstration of the blacksmith's skill. The door came from the Jacobskirche, Aachen

Museum No. 1000-1893
Bibliographic reference
Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157 pl. 67, p. 79
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
1000-1893

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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