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 panelling (boiseries) designs on either side. The mantel features scrolling leaves, and a central shell cartouche. The overmantel mirror is framed by palm leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and topped with a panel featuring a central cartouche, mask (mascaron), palmette, ribbons, and festoons of flowers and leaves. The cornice is decorated with a running pattern of similar motifs. The paneling on either side includes a batwing roundel in the center of the left side, flowers, leaves, sprigs, fleurons, and scrolling acanthus leaves. 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: 1921-6-385-8
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