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

Saints Peter and Paul 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 Saints Peter and Paul embracing, framed by a pierced floral border
  • The icon hung above a floating shelf with a plant and a candle
  • 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
  • Saints Peter and Paul Icon, Carved Solid Wood
Saints Peter and Paul Icon, Carved Solid Wood

Saints Peter and Paul Icon, Carved Solid Wood

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

An embrace, carved in relief: Peter on the left with the short beard, Paul on the right with the long one, foreheads touching and arms folded around each other. The two apostles are shown the way the tradition has always shown them, at the moment they greet one another.

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. The relief is cut into a single panel and the pierced floral border is worked from the same piece — the frame is not applied. Depth runs from 24 to 42 mm depending on size, enough that the faces hold a shadow and read from across a room.

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.

Other icons in the series that put more than one figure on a single panel: the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, standing side by side, the Virgin and Child, cheek to cheek, and the Holy Trinity after Rublev, three angels around one table. Same three sizes, same woods, same prices throughout.
Product details

A relief icon of Saints Peter and Paul embracing, carved from a single panel of solid cherry or solid ash, with the pierced floral frame 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: pierced floral border, carved from the same panel as the relief
  • 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 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 pierced 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 and then opened up from behind, which is the reason the whole icon is one piece of wood and cannot come apart. Two faces close together is the hardest part of this composition — a few tenths of a millimetre change the expression, and there is no way back once the wood is gone.
Care

Dust with a dry, soft brush rather than a cloth — the pierced frame holds dust in the openings and a cloth catches on the edges 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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