Chimneypiece Decoration for a Large Apartment
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 side panels and over mantle mirror. The side panels are symmetrical and feature ornamentation at the top with the head of an animal, arrows, and garlands of flowers. The bow-shaped mantle is ornamented with scrolls and a scallop detail at the center. At the top of the mirror is a panel featuring a mythological composition of a triton emerging from the water at the feet of a young woman; a ship is visible in the background. Ornamentation around this composition include dolphins and shells, and above the frame of the chimneypiece is a group of carved sea-themed motifs, including eels, shells, lobsters, and dolphins. The bottom part of the image includes a horizontal cross section of, from left to right, the "Pilastre," the "Plan du Foyer, et du / Jambrage du Chambranle," the "Plan du dessus de la Tablette," and the "Pilastre." The plate is numbered, but not signed. The page has been cut down.
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: 1921-6-243-7
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