Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design
date: label: Date
content: 1715–19
name: label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with a fireplace (chimney piece and mantel) design in the center, flanked by two different wall paneling (boiseries) designs on either side. The sides of the mantel are sculpted with fluting and acanthus leaves. The overmantel mirror is framed by a running pattern in the molding with shell, acanthus leaves, s-scrolls, a festoon of flowers, and birds. An oval painting above is framed by a palmette, cartouche with a mask, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), flowers, and a background diaper and pearl pattern. The cornice is decorated with a running pattern featuring strapwork and a trophy with a flaming torch and quiver of arrows. The paneling (boiseries) is decorated with similar motifs. The dado paneling is plain with molding. There is a plan view of the mantel shape and a scale below. The plate is 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: 1921-6-385-9
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