Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th–late 18th century
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, overmantel mirror, and painting above) illustrated as a detailed wall elevation with two different options in the design (split in half). The designs feature rococo ornament and motifs, with c-scrolls, rosettes, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliage, shells, fluting, catrouches, clasps, masks (mascaron), sprigs, palm leaves, egg and dart pattern moulding, feather, and wave motifs. The overmantel mirror is topped with a square painting of a flowering tree or shrub in a landscape, framed by ornate molding. The walls on either side of the chimney piece are decorated with plain frame molded paneling (boiserie) – large horizontal panels, with a dado level below. Below the chimney piece is a scale and a plan view of the mantel shapes and marble front hearth designs, featuring a circle in the center. 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: 1921-6-357-6
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