Object Details
- Designer
- Auguste Malpertuy, (French, 1823–1897)
- Manufacturer
- Furnion Père & Fils Ainé, (Lyon, France)
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Woven portrait of Napoleon III in profile in a richly framed circular medallion, initial "N" framed in laurel leaves at bottom. Swags, oak leaves, and arabesques surround the medallion which is surmounted by the imperial crown. Woven for the Exposition Universelle of 1855 in Paris.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Anonymous Donor
- 1855
- Accession Number
- a-t-20
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- woven textiles
- Woven portrait of Napoleon III
- Medium
- Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a satin foundation
- Dimensions
- H x W: 73.2 × 56.5 cm (28 13/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_a-t-20
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43c65bcdc-0b7d-4274-9bd6-41bfa14ee3ba
