Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design
date: label: Date
content: 1715–19
name: label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An interior wall elevation with a fireplace (chimney piece and mantel) design in the center, flanked by plain paneling with molding. The mantel is curvilinear with scrolling acanthus leaves and fleurons motifs with a central oval cartouche. The overmantel mirror frame is decorated with leaves, sprigs with leaves, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), and fleurons, with terminal herm figures in the upper corners supporting the arched panel above. The panel above the overmantel mirror features a central cartouche with a fish scale pattern, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, a running ribbon pattern for the molding, festoons of flowers, and c-scrolls. The cornice is decorated with corbels and trophies. There is a plan view of the mantel shape and a scale below. The plate is numbered.
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: 1921-6-385-11
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