Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1767
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for a chimney piece (fireplace, overmantel mirror, and panel above) illustrated as a detailed wall elevation with two different options in the design (split in half). The designs feature rococo ornament, c-scrolls, shells, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), palmettes, cartouches, sprigs, flowers, wave, and rocaille motifs. The sculpted panel above features central foliage ornament, and asymmetrical framing with dragons, wings, feathers, and festoons of flowers and sprigs. The paneling (boiserie) flanking the chimneypiece is framed by plain molding with two different options of vertical panels and dado level below. The plate is numbered, signed, with a scale below.
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: 1921-6-357-10
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