Wall Elevation with Bookshelves
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Publisher
content: Étienne Charpentier, French, 1707 – after 1792
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation featuring a central chimneypiece with an arched over-mantle mirror, decorated with ornamental rococo paneling with strapwork, gadrooning, fleurons, c-scrolls, plumes, acanthus leaves and shell motifs. To the left of the chimneypiece, framed by paneling and set into the wall are six bookshelves, framed by an arch with a fleuron and acanthus leaf ornament at the top. To the right of the chimneypiece, the same again without the bookshelves. Below, at the level of the mantle-piece, is a plain dado level, consisting of three panels on each side. Below the elevation is a scale and an outline of the wall paneling, as seen from above, illustrating the shape and depth of the carving.
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: 1921-6-237-4
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