Chimneypiece Design
date: label: Date
content: 1775–87
name: label: Designer
content: N. Bruchon, French, active 18th century
label: Print Maker
content: C. le Meunnié, French, active 1768 - 1796
label: Publisher
content: Jacques-François Chéreau, French, 1742–1794
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a chimneypiece with an overmantel mirror and panel with neoclassical ornament. The mantel features fluting on the sides, with a floral arch and dart frieze above and laurel leaf crowns in the corners. The overmantel mirror is framed by interlaced branches of flowers and leaves. Above, a rectangular panel featuring a trophy with a crown of leaves, a flaming torch, and quiver of arrows with scrolling acanthus leaves and drapery, framed by a lamb’s tooth repeating pattern. Below the design, two plan details of the chimneypiece, with a scale below. The plate is signed and numbered.
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: 1921-6-265-6
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