Two Chimneypiece Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1727
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two chimneypiece designs with over mantle mirrors. The shelf of the chimneypiece on the left features portrait medallions on the upper corners; there is a mascaron in the center. Halfway up the mirror are engaged candelabra on both sides. Above the mirror, within the mirror frame, is a Roman military portrait medallion; sitting on the frame on either side is a winged figure. The one on the left holds leaves, the one on the right blows a horn. The frieze under the cornice features ornamental designs in the corners, and a military trophy in the center.
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: 1921-6-243-6
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper