Elevation of a Monstrance
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. A round pedestal stands upon an oblong base. It is decorated with a disc above a festoon. Upon it stands the figure of an angel upon clouds and supports with the raised arms the receptacle of the monstrance. It has an ovoidal glass in a frame with architectural forms. A cross in a palm wreath is on top of the scalloped dome. Laterally and below are rays of a glory.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-555
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and sepia ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.8 × 13.7 cm (11 5/16 × 5 3/8 in.)