if by “on the altar” you really did mean the table of the eucharistic sacrifice, then the General Instruction of the Roman Missal is quite clear when it says in No. 305 that floral decoration ...

On the altar table are two candlesticks ... This is a marble pavement dating from 1268 and the method of its decoration is known as Cosmati work, after the Italian family who developed the technique ...

They identified the unique decoration method as “Cosmatesque ... right here on the table of this altar,” he said. Similarly decorated altars have been found inside churches in Rome dating ...

The Torah informs us that the Ark (Aron-Exodus 25:11), the Table (Shulhan –Exodus 25:24) and the Altar of Incense (Mizbeiah Miktar Ketoret – Exodus 30:3) were all decorated with rims.

The altar table, chair, and linen cloth that the Pope ... pro-poor Pope known for preferring simplicity over lavish Church decorations. “The concept is to serve the liturgical purpose, to ...

The decoration of the canopy is made from bamboo – typical of Bulacan. We used that to make a lace work. The altar table is made from wood, but the table top they have the marble from Romblon.