Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1767
name: label: Designer
content: Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for a chimney piece (fireplace and overmantel mirror) illustrated as a detailed wall elevation. The design features rococo ornament, c-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliage, gadrooning, scale pattern, wing, flowers, sprigs, festoons of flowers intertwined around the overmantel frame, and a clasp above in the shape of a rocaille asymmetrical cartouche. Two-candled wall sconces flank the mirror. The wall paneling (boiserie) on either side features ornately molded upper clasps in the shape of shells and other motifs, with plain molded frames – long horizontal panels and dado level below. Below the design is a plan view of the mantel and the marble front hearth design, and a scale. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-357-9
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