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Oct. 10, 1956 - London Cross For Washington Cathedral For over a year now London ecclesiastical silversmiths have been labouring on a 5 ft. 7 ins. 280 lb. gilt-covered bronze cross for the high alter of Washington Cathedral, D.C. Inlaid with ebony, crystal and enamel, it was designed by Mr. Philip Hubert Frohman, the cathedral's architect, who had the collaboration of Mr.J.Francis Coote, designed and manager of the British film of craftsmen. The gild was supplied by a medieval method of fire-gilding which actually fuses the gold with the metal underneath, claimed still the most permanent method of gilding. Picture Shows: Foreman Silversmith James E, Hunting (near camera) and Ecclesiastical Craftsman Edgar H. Cressey finishing the cross. Because of its size, on of the most massive attempted by the firm, the cross was cast in sections

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Actually Alter Attempted Cathedrals Claimed Collaboration Coote Craftsman Craftsmen Ebony Ecclesiastical Enamel Finishing Firm Foreman Frohman Fuses Gild Gilding Hubert Inlaid Labouring Massive Method Permanent Sections Silversmith Silversmiths Supplied Underneath

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