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August
30, 2010
Damascene Gallery launches an online store
With
the blessing of His Grace, Bishop George, Damascene Gallery, a
supplier of fine antique icons, newly painted icons, and high quality
mounted icons, opened for business yesterday, on the feast of the
Translation of the Icon of the Savior "Not Made by Hands"
from Edessa to Constantinople. The web store features a wide selection
of antique and new hand-painted icons, as well as a unique type of
mounted icons consisting of high-quality canvas prints mounted to
traditional solid-wood panels with support slats commonly found on
antique icons. Concerning the rationale of such a design, the founders
of Damascene Gallery explained that such panels combined with the
canvas prints result in a mounted icon that looks and feels much like
the antique icons also being offered in the store.
Currently, the web
store features around 30 antique icons, ranging from the early 18th
century to the beginning of the 20th century. Additionally,
there are some 20 new painted icons in inventory, as well as numerous
antique brass icons and crosses. Around 230 images, including many
from the Holy Trinity Monastery collection, are available for ordering
as mounted icons. The inventory of icons is expected to significantly
increase within the next several weeks, and the selection of mounted
icons is being continuously updated.
The shop is named
in honor of the great defender of icons, St. John Damascene.
In addition to
the icon shop, Damascene Gallery is organizing a gallery of public
domain icons that is fully searchable.
On the Web: http://www.damascenegallery.com
Icon Gallery: http://icons.damascenegallery.com
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Office of the Eastern American Diocese
