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). The designs feature rococo and ‘chinoiserie’ (European interpretation of a Chinese ornamental style) ornament and motifs including c-scrolls, feathers, palmettes, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, cartouches, shells, a dragon, flowers, and fluting. The narrow panel on the left side of the overmantel mirror features a three-candled wall sconce and a ‘chinoiserie’ seated musician on a wall bracket. The fireplace features two different options for ornately decorated backplates. The square landscape painting above is framed in two different cartouche style options with ornate clasps. The wall detail to the left, includes paneling (boiserie) with moulded frames and ornate details, and bookshelves. The paneling option to the right features moulding with ornate corner flourishes. 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: 1921-6-357-3
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