Design for a Reliquary Monstrance
date: label: Date
content: 1740–70
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical format design for a reliquary monstrance intended to be executed in white and gilded silver. The shaft is to be gilded. The upper part is drawn at left with less white, at right with less gilded silver. The elevation and decoration are symmetrically disposed but for the lack of symmetry in rocaille escutcheons. Below is a moulded base. A symmetrically disposed escutcheon is in the center of the foot. Around the ovoidal receptacle is a framing of rocaille scrolls like those at the edges of the outer frame. In the intervals are rocaille motifs and flower sprays. On top is a leaf palmette with a trefoil. A glory of rays is shown at right, slightly indicated at left.
place: label: made in
content: South or West, Germany
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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 from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-21-6
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Red, black chalk, brush and watercolors, white gouache on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 57.5 × 40 cm (22 5/8 × 15 3/4 in.)