Decoration d'une Cheminee sans glace, a l'usage d'une Antichambre
date: label: Date
content: 1737-1742
name: label: Designer
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: Chimneypiece design with an over-mantle panel depicting a mythological figure seated above a slain dragon, approached through the air by a winged cupid aiming an arrow at him. The side panels are linear with little ornamentation. The top of the central panel has some scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers, and a cartouche. At the bottom is a cross-section with, from left to right, "Plan du dessus de la Tablette" and "Plan du Foyer et d'un des / Jambages du Chambranle". The plate is numbered and signed with the publisher's name.
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: 1921-6-243-9
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