Chimneypiece Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1711
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Berain, the elder, French, 1640-1711
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Thuret, French, 1669–1738
label: Dedicatee
content: Jules Hardouin Mansart, French, 1646–1708
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two chimneypiece designs. Both designs have overmantel mirrors. The mantel on the left features a clock in the center with figurative candelabra on either side; the mantel on the right, a figurative candelabra in the center. Between the chimneypieces is a panel of grotesque ornamentation. The plate is not signed but is lettered "I."
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: 1921-6-201-90
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bound print
label: Type
content: Bound print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper