Silver monstrance executed in 1727
date: label: Date
content: 1730–50
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A monstrance, shown frontally, in the rocaille style. Decorated with seraphs' heads and grapes.
label: Description
content: At top: "78" (right corner); lower right: "B. Audran sculp." and inscription: "Soliel Excute en argent pour les Religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727"
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-94-9
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black ink on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 46.6 x 26.6 (18 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.)