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The Right Half of the Elevation of a Reliquary Box
1850-1870
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
The right edge of the frame of the receptacle is carved and partly foliated. Lambrequins are suspended form the inner top edge. The entablature is decorated with festoons and foliated on top. A pedestal rises in the center with the base at the bottom.
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Details
- Title: The Right Half of the Elevation of a Reliquary Box
- Date Created: 1850-1870
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and ink on textured brown-gray paper.
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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