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Olive Wood Carvings
The Holy Family, Grand Tableau
Item no. 01
$5,200
A towering tableau: the Mother and Child at its foot, and the figures who came to honour them rising in tiers above.
Or call +972 2 277 2442 and quote item no. 01.
- Item number
- 01
- Material
- Bethlehem olive wood
- Technique
- Carved by hand
- Delivery
- Worldwide, tracked, dispatched within 48 hours
Shipping
We dispatch every order within 48 hours by EMS Express Mail Service, fully tracked. Your tracking number is sent by email on the day your parcel leaves Bethlehem.
Payment
For now we accept payment by bank transfer only. Once we have confirmed your order and the total, including shipping, we send you our bank details. Your order leaves Bethlehem once the transfer arrives, and if we cannot fulfil an order we refund it in full.
Returns and breakage
Each piece is packed by hand in Bethlehem, so we cannot accept returns or exchanges once an order has shipped. Should anything arrive damaged, email us a photograph at info@saint-michael-store.com and we will send a replacement.
About this piece
What it shows
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.
How it is made
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.
