Catalogue No. 01
The Holy Family, Grand Tableau
A towering tableau: the Mother and Child at its foot, and the figures who came to honour them rising in tiers above.
- Material
- Bethlehem olive wood
- Technique
- Carved by hand
- Made in
- Bethlehem, the Holy Land
- Dimensions
- Measurements on request
- Dispatch
- Within 48 hours, by EMS
The Subject
The Mother of God sits at the foot of the group with the Child in her arms, closest to the person who looks at them. Above her the figures climb in tiers, one crowned and robed, another bearing a casket as a gift, so the whole carving reads like a procession of homage, moving upwards from the Child.
The Making
A piece on this scale takes weeks at the bench. The carver roughs out the mass with chisels, then works inwards to faces and hands with knives and gouges, following the grain so the darker streaks fall along the folds of the robes. The base carries a brass plate engraved with the title.
Chosen by the house from the workshops of the forty Bethlehem families it works with, and sent to you from Old Caritas Street.
Every order leaves Bethlehem within 48 hours, sent by EMS Express Mail Service. Your tracking number is emailed to you the day the parcel is handed over.
Because each piece is packed and sent by hand from the Holy Land, we do not accept returns or exchanges once an order has shipped. If anything arrives broken, email a photograph to info@saint-michael-store.com and we will send a replacement.
