Interior Wall Elevation with a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: 1779–84
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Le Campion Frères, French, 1769 – 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels with a central chimneypiece and overmantel mirror decorated with ‘’chinoiseries’’ motifs (European decorative arts and architectural style inspired by fanciful ideas of China and East Asia). The panels feature flowering branches with leaves, vases, and rocks. The dado paneling is decorated with fretwork and large ‘’caillouté (pebble-effect) pattern. The frieze above features a repeating pattern of leaves and bells. The overmantel mirror is framed by a hanging drapery with tassels, bells, rosettes, and beads. A vase with flowers in the center of the mantel and two vases with branches with leaves on either side sitting on brackets stemming from the sides of the mantel. The front of the mantel is draped with festoons of fabric and pearls. The plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-392-23
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
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 31.8 × 49.5 cm (12 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 26.9 × 46.2 cm (10 9/16 × 18 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.4 × 45.9 cm (10 3/8 × 18 1/16 in.)