Dimension drawing of the small icon: 200 mm high, 160 mm wide, 24 mm deep

Archangels Michael and Gabriel Icon, Carved Solid Wood

Small: 200 × 160 mm / Cherry / None
£54.00
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Dimension drawing of the small icon: 200 mm high, 160 mm wide, 24 mm deep
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  • Dimension drawing of the small icon: 200 mm high, 160 mm wide, 24 mm deep
  • Carved wooden icon of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel standing side by side within a carved vine border
  • The icon hung above a floating shelf with a candle and a plant
  • Two hands holding the icon, showing its size against an adult's hands
  • The icon seen at an angle on a white wall, showing the depth of the carved frame
  • The icon hanging flat on a wall, with the metal hanger visible at the top
  • Side view of the icon, showing the thickness of the panel and the pale wood edge
Archangels Michael and Gabriel Icon, Carved Solid Wood

Archangels Michael and Gabriel Icon, Carved Solid Wood

£54.00
Please choose the language for the inscription.
Please choose whether you want a wall hanger.

The two archangels who are named in scripture, carved side by side on one panel. Michael on the left in armour, with the spear; Gabriel on the right in a long robe, with the staff and the orb. The border around them is a running vine, cut in the same piece of wood as the figures.

Three sizes and two species. Cherry is the warmer of the two, reddish and close-grained, and it darkens noticeably over the years; ash is paler and open-pored, and the grain runs visibly through the drapery and the wings. Depth runs from 24 to 42 mm depending on size, and the relief is cut deep enough that the two figures separate clearly from a distance rather than flattening into one mass.

The inscription can be set in the language you choose, and the back can be engraved with a dedication — a name, a date, a line of scripture. Made to order in our workshop in Romania.

Both archangels, or Michael alone? This is the two-figure panel. On a small icon the pair leaves less space around each figure, so if Michael is the one you want, the single-figure icon gives him the whole field — same three sizes, same prices.

The other multi-figure compositions are Saints Peter and Paul, the Virgin and Child and the Holy Trinity after Rublev. If you are building a corner rather than hanging one panel, it starts with Christ Pantocrator at the centre.
Product details

A relief icon of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel standing together, carved from a single panel of solid cherry or solid ash, with the vine border cut from the same piece. Three sizes. Made to order, ready to ship in 3–5 working days.

Two things are chosen at checkout rather than by variant: the language of the inscription carved on the face, and whether you want a wall hanger fitted. Both are free. If you order the back engraving, leave your text in the personalisation field — up to 200 characters.

The inscription is available in nineteen languages: Church Slavonic, Greek, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish. The photographs show the Romanian inscription.
Dimensions and specifications
  • Wood: solid cherry or solid ash, one panel per icon, no glued joints
  • Small: 200 × 160 × 24 mm (7.9″ × 6.3″ × 0.9″), about 1 kg
  • Medium: 280 × 220 × 32 mm (11″ × 8.7″ × 1.3″), about 1.5 kg
  • Large: 360 × 280 × 42 mm (14.2″ × 11″ × 1.7″), about 2.5 kg
  • Tolerance: ±1 mm
  • Frame: carved vine border, worked from the same panel as the relief
  • Figures: two — Michael on the left, Gabriel on the right
  • Inscription: carved on the face, in any of nineteen languages — chosen at checkout
  • Back engraving: optional, up to 200 characters
  • Wall hanger: fitted on request, at no extra cost — choose at checkout
  • Made to order: 3–5 working days before dispatch
  • Sold individually
Mounting

An icon can stand or hang. Ordered without the hanger, the back is left flat and the icon sits on a shelf, a chest or an icon corner, leaning slightly against the wall. Ordered with the hanger, a fitting is recessed into the back so the panel sits flush.

  1. Decide the height first: an icon is meant to be seen from below, not level with the eye. Above head height is traditional and it also suits the carving, which reads better when the light falls across it from above.
  2. Use a fixing rated for the weight of the size you ordered — 1 kg for the small, 1.5 kg for the medium, 2.5 kg for the large — and for your wall type.
  3. Leave the screw head standing 4–5 mm proud of the wall and hook the fitting over it.
  4. Check the icon against the wall rather than against the ceiling; older ceilings are rarely level and the eye follows the frame.

Do not use adhesive strips. The weight and the depth of the panel put the load in the wrong place for them. Keep the icon away from a radiator, a stove, or a wall that gets direct afternoon sun — solid wood in one piece moves with humidity, and steady conditions are what keep a panel flat.
Materials & workshop

Cherry or ash, cut from a single panel. Cherry is the warmer of the two — reddish, close-grained, and it deepens in colour over years rather than months. Ash is paler and open-pored; its grain runs straight and visibly, so it shows through the drapery and the wings and gives the relief a second pattern under the carved one. The two behave differently under the tool, which is why they are priced differently.

Carved, sanded and finished in our own workshop in Roman, Romania. The vine border is not a separate moulding glued on: it is the original surface of the panel, left standing while the field around the figures is cut away, which is the reason the whole icon is one piece of wood and cannot come apart. Two full figures on one panel is a longer job than one — the armour on Michael and the folds on Gabriel are worked at different depths so that neither flattens into the other.
Care

Dust with a dry, soft brush rather than a cloth — a cloth catches on the deeper cuts of the vine border and leaves fibres behind. Never use water or a household cleaner on a carved panel.

Both species darken with time and light, cherry considerably more than ash. That change is even only if the icon is lit evenly, so avoid hanging it where one half sits in direct sun.

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