Two Chimneypiece Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1727
name: label: Designer
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
label: Publisher
content: Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two chimneypiece designs with over mantle mirrors. The chimneypiece on the left has a mirror with a bow shape, at the top of which are split-leaf scrolls. A panel occupies the top third of the chimneypiece and depicts a scene of ancient Roman ruins. The chimneypiece on the right has a lozenge pattern on either side. The top of the frame has mascarons on either side. The rondel on top depicts a seated, mostly nude woman attended by two other standing women; the seated woman is staring into a mirror, held by another woman, kneeling. At the top of the rondel is a carved mascaron. The plate is signed with the publisher's name and 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: 1921-6-243-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper