Two Altar (Communion) Rail Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1775–87
name: label: Designer
content: Caillouet, French, mid-18th century
label: Print Maker
content: de Saint-Morien, French, active 18th century
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for church altar (communion) rails featuring geometric bands, scrolling leaves, diaper and fleurons patterns, arrows, pyramids, and crosses. The upper design includes two vase (incense burners) finials. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-514-17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving and etching on paper