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Mantelpieces
Half-elevation of a fireplace (left), and perspective and side view of a chimney (right)
RIBA126121
NOTES: The F on the chimney is possibly for Francois I.
Two half-elevations of fireplaces
RIBA126145
NOTES: The left-hand design, although not based directly on any of them, is reminiscent of various fireplace designs in the album of ÔÇÿArchitectural and other designsÔÇÖ by Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (B3 025 A06) in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
Half-front and side elevations of a fireplace
RIBA126146
NOTES: The inscription 'M du perc' could refer to the architect and engraver Etienne du Perac, with whose house Gentilhatre may have been acquainted.
Front elevation of a fireplace with an elaborately framed oval cartouche
RIBA126151
NOTES: This fireplace is from the Paris home of a M. de Genre or de Genze (see also RIBA126152).
Side elevation of the fireplace in a house in Paris (left), and side elevation of a chimney with a decorated lion's head roundel (right)
RIBA126152
NOTES: This fireplace is from the Paris home of a M. de Genre or de Genze (see also RIBA126151). The chimney is probably from the Chateau de Montceaux.
Designs for an overmantel, ascribed to Wilton House, Wiltshire: half-elevation
RIBA126199
NOTES: This sheet of three overmantel designs (two on recto and one on verso) incorporates, in two instances, the coronet of an earl. Stylistically they could have been intended for Wilton. (See also RIBA22815)