Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design
date: label: Date
content: 1749
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745
label: Publisher
content: Étienne Charpentier, French, 1704 – 1793
label: Publisher
content: Louis Crépy, French, 1680?–1760
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Chéreau, French, 1688–1776
label: Publisher
content: Étienne-Louis Crépy, French, after 1706 – after 1759
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a chimneypiece, overmantel mirror and boiseries (paneling) decorated with rococo ornament and motifs featuring shells, flowers, vases, cartouches, festoons of flowers, rosettes, c-scrolls, fleurons, leaves, and scrolling leaves (rinceaux). The mantel features two supporting putti, with scrolling festoons of flowers and a central cartouche. The chimney-piece is flanked by two narrow vertical panels, and a dado level. The overmantel mirror is topped with a panel featuring a trophy with a bow and flaming torch. The plate is numbered and signed.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1921-6-367-3
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