Church Furnishings

For images and discussion of furnishings, fixtures and fittings found inside churches.

Examples of church furnishings, fixtures and fittings taken from the NADFAS Guide:

bells
books and bookbinding
brasses, arms and armour
ceramics and tiles
clocks
creatures and animals
crosses and crucifix
decorative motifs
flowers, fruit and trees
frames
heraldry, royal arms and hatchments
memorials and monuments
metalwork (chalice, cup, ciborium, paten, alms dish, tankard, flagon, candlestick, cross, lectern, desk, missal stand, chandelier, lamp, bracket, handle, key escutcheon, key, lock, hinge, thumbpiece, finials)
mouldings
musical instruments
saints, scenes, signs and symbols
sanctuary
shapes
stonework (font, Easter sepulchre, sedilia, piscina, aumbry, stoup, credence, squint, hagioscope, bracket, corbel, mensa)
textiles
typography, lettering, text and fonts
vestments and napery
wall paintings and appendages
windows, tracery and stained glass
woodwork (pulpit, chancel screen, rood screen, benches, pews, stalls, font cover, rails, poor box, feretory, alms box, desk, bible box, stand, chairs, tables, chests)

Other groups you may be interested in:

Church Exteriors

Church Interiors

Church Ruins


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