ÉLEVATION D’UNE CHEMINÉE QUARRÉE
date: label: Date
content: 1768
name: label: Designer
content: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768
label: Print Maker
content: A. Le Canu, French, active 1746 – 1768
label: Publisher
content: Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau, French, active 1755-1768, d.1782
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a neo-classical chimneypiece with a scale below. The mantel is framed by a central rococo cartouche with drapery. On the mantel, are two small sculptures of putti on plinths. The overmantel mirror is framed by running pattern moldings, a festoon of laurel leaves, and a wave pattern above with a central shell. The panel above the mirror is decorated with a trophy of foliage, bows and a quiver of arrows. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered.
place: 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: 1921-6-338-5
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