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organ screen

noun

  1. an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.

  2. a rood screen or the like supporting an organ.



organ screen

noun

  1. a wooden or stone screen that supports the organ in a cathedral or church and divides the choir from the nave

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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One centerpiece, the decorative multi-part organ screen that is in the Huntington’s collection, has been reunited with other components for the first time in more than four decades.

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Both the organ screen and a large, 22-foot proscenium relief installed opposite are centered on stylized images of a tree of life — a globally resonant archetype prominent in countless cultures and eras, which the artist highlighted with bits of gilding.

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The Choir and Succentor leave the Quire by way of the Organ Screen.

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All remain standing as the Ecclesiastical Procession leaves by way of the Organ Screen and the North Quire Aisle.

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A prodigious Art Deco organ screen carved in 1937 by Bay Area sculptor Sargent Claude Johnson is dominated by a stylized tree of life — a motif that echoes the vital tree standing tall in Duncanson's landscape.

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