For a small private altar which can be closed when not in use the accompanying figure is suggested. The dimensions are as follows: Length,24 in.; projection from wall, 20 in.; height of altar, 21 in.: and height of reredos above altar, 18 in. The ends a A are of inch board shaped as shown, the back length in each running up to the top of the reredos, as at B. The front is chiefly formed of a stout piece of 9-in. board C, pierced with a medallion of tracery, which is let into the edges of the end pieces. The spandrels below (D I)) are separate pieces fixed to this board. A similar board, but plain, is at the back. The front of the super-altar E is ornamented with sunken medallions. This rises about 4 in.above the altar top F, and might have a projection of 5in.or 6in. The altar top is made to overhang at front and ends, and a bold moulding G, mitred at the corners, runs beneath it. The reredos has a piece II running along its top of the same width as its ends. Half-inch boarding will do for its back, and in order to show up the cross, etc., the back might be lined with velvet, the Gothic arcade I being sawn out of thin board, worked up, and fixed upon the lining.

A piece of thin board K, covered with similar velvet, should be fixed along the top of the super-altar above its true top, and will serve for the doors to fold against. The doors L L are hinged to the stout end pieces. On their inner sides the panel of each might be gilded in diaper and painted with the gold as a background; or it might be lined with velvet, on which a sacred monogram or emblem in brass could be fixed. The outer side of one of the doors is shown with its panel filled with tracery sawn from thin board, worked up with chisel and gouge, and fixed upon the wood.

Private Altar.