Project for a tabernacle for the exposition of the monstrance with alternative suggestions
date: label: Date
content: 1700–1725
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical composition of a tabernacle shaped like a circular tower, standing on the mensa above and between the steps. Below is a base with a panel in front with the representation of chalice and host; then comes a frieze, and an aedicula with openings in front and behind. Columns bear protruding parts of the entabulature. The dome on top is onion shaped. A pedestal with cherubim stands in the aedicula. Below is the plan and its geometrical scheme.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2498
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pencil, pen, ink, brush and gray water color on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 47.4 × 25.8 cm (18 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)