Designs for Chimney Mantels for the Hôtel de Pomponne, Place des Victoires, Paris, Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742, Pen with brush and black, red ink, graphite on two sheets of joined cream laid paper, The left half of a fireplace wall, showing the mirror frame, terminates in a volute. Within the mirror area, a reduced, similar scheme is depicted. A vertical carved panel with a figure of Fame and a fountain below is at left. Both chimneywalls are decorated with carved ornaments and foliage. This is probably an alternate design for those published in Livre de Differentes Decorations

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