Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1767
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for a chimney piece (fireplace, overmantel mirror, and panel above) illustrated as a detailed wall elevation with two different options in the design (split in half). The designs feature rococo ornament with c-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliage, masks, cartouches, gadrooning, sprigs, shells, waves, and feather motifs. Above the overmantel mirror is a molded panel with a central hanging trophy of musical instruments, with two different design options for the framing motifs. To the left of the chimney piece, there is a bookcase set into the wall, with books visible on the shelves, a plain molded dado level below and a painting above depicting putti framed by rocaille and foliate motifs. To the right of the chimney piece a narrow panel with an ornate upper clasp and molded frame, with a plain dado level below. Below the designs, a plan view of the mantel with a scale. The plate is numbered and signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-357-8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper