Lot Essay
Presumably inspired by Piranesi's Diverse Maniere d'adornare...Giambattista Piranesi Architetto, published in Rome, 1769, a large collection of etchings showing ornament derived from Egyptian, Tuscan and Grecian architecture. For fireplaces with Egyptian decoration from the series, see J. Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings, 1994, San Francisco, I, nos. 863-73.