Elevation of Salon Chimney Wall
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Architect
content: Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux, French, 1727 – 1793
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation of a wall. The center of the design is a chimney with a large mirror above. At the base of the mirror, standing on the mantel, are two statues of a child on a cloud, holding a torch. The mirror is flanked by composite columns with which pilasters on either side of the doorway correspond. Between the columns and the pilasters are two female statues. There is a door opening on either side, at the edges of the sheet. Above the doors, in arched over doors, are reliefs of seated figures among trophies of arms. An entablature separates this section of the wall from an attic. In the attic, at the center, two winged statues with trumpets open a curtain. Decorative panels on either side of this grouping show figures with large oval mirrors/medallions.
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: 1911-28-218
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black and brown ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, over black chalk indications on paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 83 x 39.1 cm (32 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.)