This beautiful 17th century altar came with its altar rails from the church of Sant’ Andrea della Valle in Rome. The altar-front is of Egyptian alabaster, with a plaque of serpentine in the centre and settings of Sicilian, porta santa, jasper, peach-bloom, bianc’e nero in great variety.
The statue of our Lady is a wooden replica of Notre Dame des Victoires in Paris, standing in a niche of statuary marble and verde antico, designed by F. A. Walters. The walls are covered with cippolino. The two columns of rare Siberian onyx were part of a set of six originally acquired for Westminster Cathedral and were added in 1914. The broken pediment is of white and Siena marble.
|
