Designs for an Interior Wall Elevation
date: label: Date
content: 1686–1740
name: label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an interior wall elevation depicting different possible wall treatments, each described below. In the center there is a chimney piece with two different styles and shapes for the mantlepiece, mirror and over-mirror paneling. The mirror is topped with a mask and feather motif. Bookcases set into the walls to the left of the chimney, with narrow paneling in between the two bookcases decorated with c-scroll, strapwork and fleurons ornament. The over-panels are decorated with a diaper pattern, a mask, shell ornament, and a vase. To the right of the chimney, another arched mirror or frame set into the paneling with diaper pattern, fleurons, masks, shell, rinceaux, and c-scroll ornament on the paneling and cornice frieze. Brackets with lidded vases on either side of the mirror. A door to the right, with a garniture of vases above the door. The descriptions are lettered below 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: 1921-6-353-19
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