Designer:

Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774  Search this

Publisher:

Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742  Search this

Medium:

Engraving on paper

Dimensions:

41.4 × 27.8 cm (16 5/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

Object Name:

Print

Type:

Print

Made in:

France

Date:

ca. 1727

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

A simple mantelpiece with voluted outline with a rectangular painting above it depicting seated Apollo with an amor. Decoration of scrollwork on upper part of the frame. Paneling flanking fireplace consists of rectangular fields in sequence without any special ornamentation. Below, profiles of molding. Inscribed, upper margin: "Decoration d'une Cheminée sans glace, à l'usage d'une Anti-chambre"; lower right: "Mariette excudit"; lower left: "3".

Accession Number:

1959-85-39

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b1aa2b9d-a0cc-49b4-8376-466bc3b1dd4c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1959-85-39