Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design
date: label: Date
content: 1715–19
name: label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with a fireplace (chimney piece and mantel) design in the center, flanked by plain paneling with molding. The mantel is curvilinear with scrolling acanthus leaf motifs on the sides. The overmantel mirror is flanked by wall sconces with two candles each. The overmantel frame and flanking paneling are decorated with c-scrolls, fleurons, scrolling acanthus leaves, and shells. There is an oval painting above the mirror depicting a man wresting a hog in a landscape framed by fleurons, scrolling acanthus leaves, pearls and dragons or birds. The cornice is decorated with similar motifs with a central cartouche. There is a plan view of the mantel shape and a scale below. The plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-385-12
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