Design for a Reliquary
date: label: Date
content: 1802
name: label: Designer
content: Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. In the center of the base of the reliquary, a medallion with the monogram "FL," above a crown. The shaft is shaped like a vase with two heads of eagles above supporting leaves, upon which the receptacle is standing. On the top a cross, with cherubim at its foot and garlands. Scale and inscriptions below.
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: 1938-88-602
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.1 × 20.8 cm (11 7/16 × 8 3/16 in.)