Bird in shell at the center of the lintel, with a frieze of trophies, surmounted by an overmantel with candelabra and flanked by chairs. (Ch. décorée d'une frise de casques et d'armures . . .)
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni parte degli edifizi . . .  (Different Ways to Decorate Chimneys and all other Parts of Buildings)
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1769 (?)
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
Accession year: 1973
Tags: Birds|Fireplaces|Chairs|Trophies