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Embroidery Design Commemorating the Marriage of Napoleon I and Marie-Louise

Fabrique de St. Rufca. 1810

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

At center, beneath crown, are two initials- a superimposed N and M encircled by stars and a wreath of roses. At the top are two entwined wreaths - one of laurel, and the other of a chrysanthemum-like flower. Oak sprigs at upper corners;floral sprigs at lower corners. The Napoleonic eagle is at the bottom of the wreath. The Legion of Honor medallion hangs below the eagle.

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  • Title: Embroidery Design Commemorating the Marriage of Napoleon I and Marie-Louise
  • Creator: Fabrique de St. Ruf
  • Date Created: ca. 1810
  • Physical Dimensions: w489 x h622 cm
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
  • Medium: Brush and white gouache on laid paper, coated with resin, joined
  • Provenance: Ex-collection Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, New York, NY.
  • Markings: Stamps: Upper right [black ink]: Museum for the Arts of Decoration, Cooper Union
  • Exhibitions: Kansas City, MO - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: The Taste of Napoleon, October 2 to November 16, 1969.CHNDM, New York, NY - The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource, March 26, 1991 to August 30, 1992 (rotations 1 & 2).
  • Dimensions: 62.2 x 48.9 cm (24 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.)
  • Bibliography: The Taste of Napoleon, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO.: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 70.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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