Chapel furniture
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Location
| Street: | Spitalfield Lane |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 6SE |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | St. Richard's Hospital, arranged around the Hospital Chapel |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | D5 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Name : | Edward Chamberlain |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A series of ceramic pieces, a wall mounted altar piece and a cross. All arranged around the Hospital Chapel. |
| Iconographical description: | The altar piece is a gold lustre disc symbolic of wholeness, unity, the sun, light of the world and intended as a focus for prayer and meditation. Surrounding the gold lustre disc are dark blue and purple glazes, symbolising infinity. The underlying sumbolism of the circle is echoed in the round forms of the altar, font and Pascal candle holder and this is further emphasised by the use of glazes and gold lustre. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Functional, Composite |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Cross |
| Material: | Ceramic, glazed gold on integral back |
| Height (cm): | 39 |
| Width (cm): | 33.5 |
| Depth (cm): | 3.5 |
| Part 2: | Font and base |
| Material: | Ceramic, glazed with orange and blue |
| Height (cm): | 98 |
| Width (cm): | 38 |
| Depth (cm): | 38 |
| Part 3: | Altar base (glass top) |
| Material: | Ceramic, glazed with orange and blue |
| Height (cm): | 85 |
| Width (cm): | 25 |
| Depth (cm): | 25 |
| Part 4: | Altar piece |
| Material: | Ceramic, glazed with gold and blue |
| Height (cm): | 55 |
| Width (cm): | 55 |
| Depth (cm): | 2 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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