Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design
date: label: Date
content: 1712
name: label: Publisher
content: François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with a fireplace (chimney piece and marble mantel), an arched overmantel mirror, with paneling (boiseries) on either side. The design is split in half with two different options for the decoration and ornament which includes fleurons, scrolling acanthus leaves, strapwork, a profile portrait roundel, a mask (mascaron) cartouche, festoons of fleurons, and flowers, and different diaper and fretwork patterns featuring flowers, pearls, and diamonds. There is a scale below the fireplace.
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: 1921-6-386-6
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