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: 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 and painting above) illustrated as a detailed wall elevation with two different options in the design (split in half). Below, a plan view of the mantelpiece and front hearth (flooring in front of the fireplace) with a scale. The designs feature rococo ornament and motifs, with c-scrolls, cartouches, clasps, fleurons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), shells, wave, and egg patterns, palmettes, foliage, and sprigs. The fireplace design to the right, features an ornately decorated back-plate with an andiron in the shape of a dragon on a base. The left side of the overmantel mirror includes a narrow panel with a two-candled wall sconce. The painting above depicts a hunting scene with a dead deer and two dogs in a landscape. It is framed by ornately decorated moulding, and clasps. The walls flanking the chimney piece feature ornately moulded paneling (boiserie), with large horizontal panels and Dado panels below. Below the chimney piece, a plan view of the mantel shows the shapes of its molding, and the marble front hearth designs with two different options for the decoration, including stars and rosettes. The plate is numbered and signed.
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: 1921-6-357-4
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