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: Print Maker
content: Pierre Moreau, French, 170? – 1762
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 or frame with painting above) with two different options in the design (split in half). The designs feature rococo ornament and motifs including c-scrolls, cartouches, shells, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, sprigs, masks, waves/ water, leaves, and festoons of flowers. The overmantel option is a mirror on the left and a frame on the right, with wooden boards. The overmantel is flanked by ornate narrow panels (boiserie), with a two-candled wall sconce on the left. The oval painting above is framed by two different cartouche style ornate frames and depicts a hunting scene with a dog fighting a bird or duck in a landscape. The plate is numbered and signed, with a scale below.
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: 1921-6-357-2
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