Chimneypiece Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1711
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
label: Print Maker
content: Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin, French, 1671–1716
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Thuret, French, 1669–1738
label: Dedicatee
content: Jules Hardouin Mansart, French, 1646–1708
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two chimneypiece designs decorated with cartouches, shells, sirens, scrolls, vases, flower bouquets, rondels of scenes from mythology, and mascarons. The design on the right is divided to offer variations on either side. The plate is signed and lettered “H.”
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-201-99
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper