Design for Upper Part of a Mirror and Chimney Piece
date: label: Date
content: 1745
name: label: Designer
content: François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768
label: Print Maker
content: Karl Albert von Lespilliez, 1723–1796
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste Poilly, de, French, 1707 – 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a chimneypiece with over-mantle mirror. The fireplace mantle is decorated with chinoiserie candelabra, and the mirror is topped with a trophy with attributes of the hunt, scrolls, mascaron. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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: 1921-6-285-61
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 35.6 x 23.1 cm (14 x 9 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 44 x 28.6 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.)