Chimney Piece Design
date: label: Date
content: 1647-55
name: label: Designer
content: D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647
label: Print Maker
content: D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647
label: Publisher
content: Madeleine de Colemont, French, d. 1664
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a chimney piece (fireplace, mantel and overmantel) with classical motifs. The mantel features leaf, egg, and lamb’s tongue repeat pattern moldings, flanked by foliate branches intertwined with snakes. The overmantel is decorated with French coat of arms, with a frame or mirror framed by an arched pediment with a trophy of arms and armor in the center and flanked by eagles, supported by Solomonic columns (spiraling twisting columns), fluted pilasters and two female standing statues, wearing armor (to the left) and holding balance scales (to the right). A scale below. The plate is 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: 1921-6-446-66
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper