Design for a Cross with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. A cross pommée with rays in the corners, and cherubim at the ends of the limbs, stands on a baluster which is supported by a vase on a pedestal. The alternative suggestions refer to the shaft and foot. The pedestal is supported by a lion with a rinceau tail at left, and by lion feet at right.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, 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: 1938-88-571
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and black wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.5 × 18.3 cm (13 3/16 × 7 3/16 in.)