Woven portrait of Napoleon III
date: label: Date
content: 1855
name: label: Designer
content: Auguste Malpertuy, (French, 1823–1897)
label: Manufacturer
content: Furnion Père & Fils Ainé, (Lyon, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Woven portrait of Napoleon III in profile in a richly framed circular medallion, initial "N" framed in laurel leaves at bottom. Swags, oak leaves, and arabesques surround the medallion which is surmounted by the imperial crown. Woven for the Exposition Universelle of 1855 in Paris.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: a-t-20
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Woven portrait of Napoleon III
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 73.2 × 56.5 cm (28 13/16 × 22 1/4 in.)