Design for Overmantel; recto, Plans of Moldings
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1720
name: label: Artist
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Slightly more than left half of overmantel with pilaster panel at left. The mirror frame with dragon in top center rises from top of mantel. Decoration of pilaster includes medallion with a lion in center. A fragment of section or plan with parts of letters, lower right. Inscribed at center right: Cheminée et Plaq(ard)/de la chambre a couch (er). Verso: in opposite direction, top: two rows of plans referring to consecutive moldings. Annoated in margin: Cadre des Pilastres; and A bottom; A bases (?) du Plaqcard.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-234
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 40.9 x 20.4 cm (16 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)