Chimneypiece Design with Side Paneling
date: label: Date
content: 1727
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 framed by wood paneling. On the fireplace shelf there is a candelabrum on either side, held by two putti. Above the shelf is an over mantle mirror, at the top of which are two frames, one with a crowned cartouche, the upper one with a mascaron. The molding at the top features a reclining Minerva, putti, and trophies. The paneling on either side of the frame is symmetrical. Each side is divided into three vertical bands; the outer bands are in the guise of Corinthian columns, and the interior band features a trophy. There are claw-footed guéridons on either side of the fireplace supporting Roman military busts. The plate is not signed but there is faint indication in the upper right plate of numbering, in red ink.
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: 1921-6-243-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper