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The
Processional Canopy
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completion of the Monstrance Father Taylor had £100 left and
he decided that he must have a canopy as beautiful as the
Monstrance. Monsieur Dupon spent 12 months on the design of
the canopy but he thought it would take years and a fortune
to make it.
Then
quite unexpectedly Monsieur Dupon came into contact with a
young man of 19 who had just completed his apprenticeship
and was unable to find work.
Out
of the goodness of his heart he decided to employ the boy,
Albrecht de’Have realising that a slip of a hammer or chisel
would have ruined the canopy. Monsieur Dupon saw immediately
that God had sent him a genius. It took Albrecht de’Have only
eight months to complete the work. He lived in Eeclo and as
he completed each panel he carried it under his arm the six
miles to Monsieur Dupon’s premises in Bruges. Madame Dupon
did the painting.
The
panels are carved form the wood of the tulip tree which grows
in the Philippines. It is a masterpiece of openwork woodcarving.
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