[Plate of two neo-Classical fireplaces, from "Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi

[Rome, 1790. Etched plate, on laid paper, by Piranesi. In good condition with large margins, with 1 half-inch tear to the left blank margin. A fine example of Priranesi's work on a more domestic scale. Fifty-six of the sixty-nine plates in Piranesi's Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi... are devoted to fire-place designs, with Piranesi drawing inspiration from Greek, Etruscan and Egyptian architecture.

Ficacci 651; Focillon 885; Wilton-Ely 839; Hind p. 86. (Inventory #: 20511)