Design for a Ciborium

The Fantoni Family Workshop (active 1600s-1700s) was an Italian workshop known for the elegantly composed designs for liturgical objects that make it one of the most important workshops in the tradition of Italian liturgical design. Design for a Ciborium from the 1600s depicts a design for a ciborium (a covered container for the consecrated host) in the elegantly composed manner that distinguishes the Fantoni Family Workshop's best work from the more general liturgical design of the period. The 1600s date places this in the period when Italian liturgical design was producing some of its most accomplished works, and the ciborium design shows the Fantoni Family Workshop's talent for combining elegant composition with liturgical function.

Design for a Ciborium is important in the history of Italian liturgical design because it demonstrates the elegantly composed manner of the Fantoni Family Workshop as applied to liturgical objects. The Fantoni Family Workshop's elegantly composed designs for liturgical objects—combining elegant composition with liturgical function—are one of the most important traditions in Italian liturgical design, and the 1600s design shows this tradition at its most elegantly composed.

Design for a Ciborium is the Fantoni Family Workshop's elegantly composed liturgical design: a design for a ciborium rendered in the composed manner of one of the most important workshops in Italian liturgical design. The 1600s design shows the combination of elegant composition with liturgical function that makes the Fantoni Family Workshop distinctive.