Interior Wall Elevation with a Chimneypiece
date: label: Date
content: 1779-84
name: label: Designer
content: Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786
label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Juillet, French, 1739- after 1784
label: Publisher
content: Le Campion Frères, French, 1769 – 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for an interior wall featuring ornately painted panels, doors, and a central chimneypiece and overmantel mirror, featuring ‘turquerie’ (Turkish style) motifs. The paneling is decorated with flowers, festoons of flowers and pearls, crescent moons, and tassels. The frieze above features a repeating pattern of pearls, crescent moons, and tassels. The mantel features draped textiles, scrolling leaves, and crescent moons. 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: 1921-6-392-18
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
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 31.8 × 49.5 cm (12 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 27 × 46.2 cm (10 5/8 × 18 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 26.7 × 45.8 cm (10 1/2 × 18 1/16 in.)