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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
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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Details
- 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.
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