Decoration d'une Cheminée, pour une Salle ou Cabinet d'assemblée , tendu de tapisseries
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: Elaborate chimneypiece design with dragon firedogs, and c-scroll ornamentation on the sides and at top. The over-mantle mirror has ornamentation on top with motifs including dragons, a mascarons, c- and s-scrolls, and split leaves. On the cornice above the mirror is a trophy of musical instruments. On either side of the mirror is a panel depicting a scene of a figure on a horse in a landscape. The plate is numbered but not signed.
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: 1921-6-243-10
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