William Keyser furniture, circa 1970-1985.

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William Keyser furniture, circa 1970-1985.

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William Keyser furniture contains 9 ecclesiastical pieces created for RIT Campus Ministries. There is 1 additional piece, "Soaring Shelf," at one time displayed in the RIT President's Office. William Keyser furniture contains 9 ecclesiastical pieces created for RIT Campus Ministries. A walnut altar, lectern, credence table, cross, and ark of the covenant for the Allen Memorial Chapel, and an oak altar, lectern, credence table, and processional cross for the Jones Memorial Chapel all reside in the Schmitt Interfaith Center on the RIT campus. As for his design, Keyser has stated, "Catholics prefer a cross with a corpus or what's known as a crucifix, while most Protestant denominations eliminate the body and prefer it to be just a cross, so I ended up designing the piece with a very abstract image so people can choose to see what they want to see - or not." An additional piece, "Soaring Shelf," was at one time displayed in the RIT President's Office. This sculptural shelf measures some 18 feet long.1 "William Keyser Crafts a New Direction," by Marcia Morphy. University Magazine, Winter 2009-2010.

10.0 item(s) (1 sculptural shelf, 2 altars, 2 lecterns, 2 credence tables, 2 crosses, 1 ark of the covenant).

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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