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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, DIVERS DÉCORATIONS DE CHEMINÉES.

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1920

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Print, Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Mansart de Jouy and published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly. It is dated ca. 1767 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Jean Mansart l’Ainé; lettered lower center: a Paris chez N.J.B. de Poilly rue S. Jacques a l’Esperance

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, upper left: B.4; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1921-6-357(10); inscribed in graphite lower left margin: 10

Cite this object as

Print, Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs; Designed by Jean Mansart de Jouy (French, 1705 - 1783); Published by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly (France, 1712 – ca. 1758); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-357-10

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