Nouveaux Lambris, cheminées et portes de chambre, Plate 2
Plate 2 of a series of designs for mantelpieces, paneling and doors. This plate shows a mantelpiece and two double doors. The fireplace has a simple volute design. Over it is a mirror topped by a mask on a cartouche, with garlands going from cartouche to spandrels. The walls on either side of the mantelpiece both have three cartouches in a rectangular frame. The overdoors also have the shape of cartouches with two grotesques masks. Finally there is molding with consoles at the top of the wall.
Artwork Details
- Title: Nouveaux Lambris, cheminées et portes de chambre, Plate 2
- Publisher: François II de Poilly (French, 1666–1741 Paris)
- Date: before 1741
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 7 3/16 × 11 1/16 in. (18.3 × 28.1 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (21 × 30.1 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.737.1(2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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