Rare Late 19th C French Religious Processional Banners Silk Gold Fringe Original For Sale
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Rare Late 19th C French Religious Processional Banners Silk Gold Fringe Original: $295.00
Set of 4 Turn-of-Century Religious (Ecclesiastical) Processional Banners.
Late 19th century French religious panels functioned as processional banners.
Dimensions: Diamond shaped, 20 in x 20 in.
Lithograph images on thin canvas from paintings attributed to famous Renaissance artists including Velasquez (c.1645) and Guido Reni (c.1637).
Images include: The Coronation of the Virgin, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Christ lifted by Archangel Michael, and Christ rising to heaven.
Materials: Yellow and red silk with gold bullion fringe and decorative border upholstery.
These rare banners served to reinforce a sacred tenet of Catholicism—the role of Resurrection and the Afterlife.