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Lectern
Designer: Ernest Gimson (1863-1919)
c. 1906
Materials: "brown ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl and silver" (Carruthers et al. 108)
St Andrew's, Roker, Sunderland
Designing the extensive scheme for this church is seen as Gimson's "defining early project" (Carrutherset al. 234).
Photograph by Alec Hamilton. [Click on the image to enlarge it, and mouse over the text above to find the link to the church. There you can see more photographs of the lectern in situ, and a closer view of Gimson's pulpit. — Jacqueline Banerjee]