Interior Wall Elevation
date: label: Date
content: 1696–1740
name: label: Publisher
content: François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with a chimney piece and overmantel mirror in the center, flanked by paneling (boiseries) and large mirrors with over mirror frames, decorated with rococo motifs and ornament including c-scrolls, s-scrolls, shells, cartouches, masks (mascarons), leafy sprigs, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, vases, and scrolling acanthus leaves. The over mirror frames are in the shape of cartouches with small, lidded vases on brackets on either side. The frieze of the entablature has corbels and a diaper pattern. A plan view below the chimney piece to illustrate the shape of the mantel from above.
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: 1921-6-385-17
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