Fair Linen Altar Cloth

It may have five crosses embroidered on it or four crosses at the corners and a monogram in the center.

Fair linen altar cloth.

Fair linens are custom ordered to fit the size of your altar. The altar cloth aka fair linen lies at the heart of the christian liturgy. This is the fair linen placed last and on top of the altar cloths. The five crosses on the fair linen are meant to depict the five wounds of christ.

This fair linen covers the top of the altar with an even drop on both sides and is available in 100 polyester 100 linen and easy care fabric. This linen is the perfect weight density and quality for our fair linens mass linens communion veils altar cloths credence covers tabernacle hangings for all liturgical purposes that require the use of good linen. I recently brought in a very heavy weight of linen luscious to use as under cloths. It is made of firm medium weight linen and should be the exact width of the altar with an even drop on both sides.

References to the fair linen date from the 1552 bcp. It is appropriate for the altar cloth to be spread on the altar before the service or at the offertory. Fair linens are custom made mass liturgical linens that cover the main altar and are embroidered with five crosses one in each corner of the mensa and a centered embroidery. To determine the size measure the length and width of the altar top and add the desired drop measurement on both sides.

It s beginning goes back centuries to its origin in the gospels with joseph of arimathea s provision of a clean linen matt.