Title Page: 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 with painting above) illustrated as a detailed wall elevation with two different options in the design (split within the middle). The chimney piece and overmantel features rococo ornament and motifs including c-scrolls, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), fleurons, shells, sprigs, cartouches, feathers, acanthus leaves, and meander or ‘Greek key’ motif. There is a two-candled wall sconce on the right side. And a decorated fireplace backplate on the left side. The wall panels (boiserie) flanking the design are plain (ornament on the Dado level of the left side) with outer moulded frames – long horizontal panels with dado panels below and a rounded cornice above. The round overmantel painting is framed by two cartouche style design options and depicts a hunting scene or a deer in a landscape. The plate is titled, 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: 1921-6-357-1
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