Title Page
date: label: Date
content: 1696–1740
name: label: Publisher
content: François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Title page for a series of designs for paneling, fireplaces, and doors. The title is lettered below an interior wall elevation featuring a central chimney piece with an overmantel mirror, flanked by paneling (boiseries) and doors with overdoor frames. The paneling (boiseries) and doors are decorated with rococo motifs and ornament including c-scrolls, s-scrolls, fleurons, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), scrolling acanthus leaves, cartouches, masks (mascarons), shells, strapwork, wall sconces, rosettes, and diaper patterns. Below the fireplace, there is a plan view of the mantel shape. The publisher’s address is lettered in the lower right.
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: 1921-6-385-13
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