Title: 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
Date: 1769 (?)
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 nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Fireplaces, term: Chairs, term: Trophies