Design for an Embroidered Altar Front
date: label: Date
content: 1800–23
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Drawing includes the center and right half of the embroidery design. At bottom left, two crossed green branches with pink ribbon; the branches continue across the design as rinceaux. Above, at left, a gold cross, crown, and key. In the border, two of the charges of the coat of arms of Pope Pius VII: three gold stars at upper right and the Pax - charge at center right. Framing lines, except at left.
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: 1938-88-543
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17.4 × 27.4 cm (6 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)