Two Altar Rail Designs by Caillouet
An engraved print showing two horizontal balustrade designs for an altar or communion rail, each with a row of vertical balusters, circular medallions, and pedestals topped by urns. Fine black linework on a cream sheet, framed within a plate border.
- Artist
- Caillouet
- Date
- 1775–87
- Medium
- Engraving and etching on paper
- Source
- Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
- Size
- 4000 × 2563 px
Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1787).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum