Nouveau dessein du côte de la cheminée d’une chambre a coucher dont le lit est en niche du dessein du Sr. Blondel
date: label: Date
content: 1725–40
name: label: Architect
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: A design for an interior bedroom wall elevation featuring a chimney piece, two sets of double doors, and a bed in a niche, designed by Blondel. In the center of the design, a chimneypiece and over-mantle mirror topped with a sculpted panel with putti playing musical instruments. The double doors on either side are topped with oval over-door paintings with figures in landscapes. The narrow panels between the doors and the cornice are decorated with rosettes, fleurons, strapwork, c-scrolls, and rinceaux, festoons of flowers, shell and feather motifs and ornament, with a plain dado level below. To the left, the bed niche is shown with its curtain drawn back. The headboard is decorated with scrolling foliage, fleurons, rosettes, and a diaper pattern. The plan view of the wall is illustrated below the elevation with a scale. The plate is titled, signed, and numbered. The printed number 5 has been changed by hand to an 8 with red ink.
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: 1921-6-353-22
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