Design for a Mantel in the Chinese Taste, plate 36, in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs
date: label: Date
content: 1756
name: label: Designer
content: Thomas Johnson, English, 1714–1778
label: Engraver
content: Butler Clowes, English, 1714–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a fireplace mantel and irons in the Chinoiserie style. Above, a putti astride a flying bird carrying lightning bolts. Directly below, a painting of a ship in a storm. Birds, tree branches and a marine caryatid below, at either side.
place: label: made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-191-15
objectType: label: Type
content: furniture
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24.9 x 17.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.)