Chiminée decorée de glaces (Fireplace Decorated with Mirrors), in Livre de décoration de lambris (Book of Panelling Decoration)
date: label: Date
content: 1695–1768
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Engraver
content: Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fireplace with andirons in Rococo motif, shaped like flames. On left, pedestal supports candelabrum decorated with putti; on right, pedestal supports candelabrum with rocaille motif; behind each are mirrors, left: A; right: B. At center, a mirror framed with rocaille and leaf motifs; at top a mask and image of classical figure with hand on globe in landscape.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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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: 1921-6-283-108
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving and etching on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 42.5 x 29 cm (16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 35.8 x 23.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)