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Commission / 2017

Tabernacle

For a Carmelite monastery in Latvia.

Tabernacle for the newly built Carmelite monastery in Ikšķile, Latvia. The frame is oiled oak. The door and the two pyramids are Estremoz marble, carved by Aline Marion, and the door is inlaid with a stylised vine in amethyst, Verde di Arno and other semiprecious stones. The piece is crowned by the symbol of the Carmelite order, cast in bronze and silver plated.

It was blessed by the Archbishop of Riga in a festive service and stands at the centre of the sisters' daily prayers.

Size: 240 × 65 cm
Materials: Oak, Estremoz marble, semiprecious stones, silver-plated bronze
Stonework: Aline Marion
Place: Carmelite monastery, Ikšķile, Latvia

Commission a piece

The tabernacle: a tall open frame of oiled oak holding a small marble-doored cabinet with a grape inlay, crowned by a silver cross

The door of the tabernacle, framed by silver ears of wheat

The door inlay: a vine of amethyst and green stone set into white marble

The door open, showing the interior of the tabernacle

The symbol of the Carmelite order, cast in bronze and silver plated, on top of the frame

The cabinet held inside the open oak frame

The open door seen from the side

Two of the sisters looking at the finished tabernacle in the chapel

Detail of the oak frame and the marble pyramid

The drawing for the vine, with the first cut stones laid on it

Pieces of amethyst cut for the inlay

Joachim Tantau in the workshop with one of the oak frame members

Aline Marion finishing one of the marble pyramids

Joachim Tantau fitting the cast symbol to the top of the frame

Polishing the cast symbol

Polishing the cast symbol, close up

The marble door in its oak frame

The consecration of the tabernacle (photo: Thomas Rünker)