<em>Traveling Altar</em>, 1769–ca. 1820. Cedar, partially covered with leather; iron and brass hardware; interior lined with replacement yellow silk; and metal wire trim., Open: 88 x 60 1/2 x 20 in. (223.5 x 153.7 x 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, Frank Sherman Benson Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, A. Augustus Healy Fund, Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, and Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 48.206.11. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.206.11_SL3.jpg)

Traveling Altar

Medium: Cedar, partially covered with leather; iron and brass hardware; interior lined with replacement yellow silk; and metal wire trim.

Dates:1769–ca. 1820

Dimensions: Open: 88 x 60 1/2 x 20 in. (223.5 x 153.7 x 50.8 cm) Closed: 21 x 48 x 23 in. (53.3 x 121.9 x 58.4 cm)

Collections:

Decorative Arts and Design

Exhibitions:

Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492–1898
Converging Cultures: Art & Identity in Spanish America

Accession Number: 48.206.11

Image: 48.206.11_SL3.jpg,

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