Design
circa 1900 (made)
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Two elevation designs for rooms in the Louis XV style, by Mewès and Davis, c. 1900.
The architectural partnership was founded in 1900 by Charles Frédéric Mewès (1860- 1914) and Arthur Joseph Davis (1878-1951). Both studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and became famous for their skillful reinterpretation of 18th-century styles.
They built a large practice working for rich financiers and industrialists both in France and Britain. They remodelled Luton Hoo for the diamond magnate Julius Wernher, and one of their most celebrated commission was the Ritz Hotel (1903-6) in London, the first steel-framed building in the city designed with a Parisian exterior and mansard roof, and interiors in the Louis XVI style.
The architectural partnership was founded in 1900 by Charles Frédéric Mewès (1860- 1914) and Arthur Joseph Davis (1878-1951). Both studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and became famous for their skillful reinterpretation of 18th-century styles.
They built a large practice working for rich financiers and industrialists both in France and Britain. They remodelled Luton Hoo for the diamond magnate Julius Wernher, and one of their most celebrated commission was the Ritz Hotel (1903-6) in London, the first steel-framed building in the city designed with a Parisian exterior and mansard roof, and interiors in the Louis XVI style.
Object details
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| Brief description | Two elevation designs for rooms in the Louis XV style, by Mewès and Davis, c. 1900. |
| Physical description | Two elevation designs for rooms in the Louis XV style. Top: design for a Petit Salon showing two side consoles with red marble top on each side of a chimneypiece surmounted by a mirror. Two 'bergeres' upholstered in pink and green are in front of the chimney. The walls are decorated with carved wood panelling. Bottom: design for a room in the Louis XV style showing a large French window flanked by two vitrines with the lower part decorated with painted marquetry. Two doors with painted trumeaus are on each side of the consoles. The walls are decorated with carved wood panelling. |
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| Gallery label | Mewès and Davis
(worked 1900-1914)
Volume of designs for interiors in the
Régence, Louis XV and XVI styles.
French, c.1910
The firm of Mewès and Davis, architects
and interior decorators, was founded in
1900 by Charles Edouard Mewès (1858-
1914) and Arthur Joseph Davis RA FRIBA
(1878-1951). They had offices in London
and Paris, the latter being the source of
these drawings. The firm was best known
for its design for hotels, the impetus for
which came from Mewès, who designed the
Ritz hotels in Paris and London and was
described in an English obituary as 'the
creator of the modern luxury hotel'.
E.867-1975 |
| Summary | Two elevation designs for rooms in the Louis XV style, by Mewès and Davis, c. 1900. The architectural partnership was founded in 1900 by Charles Frédéric Mewès (1860- 1914) and Arthur Joseph Davis (1878-1951). Both studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and became famous for their skillful reinterpretation of 18th-century styles. They built a large practice working for rich financiers and industrialists both in France and Britain. They remodelled Luton Hoo for the diamond magnate Julius Wernher, and one of their most celebrated commission was the Ritz Hotel (1903-6) in London, the first steel-framed building in the city designed with a Parisian exterior and mansard roof, and interiors in the Louis XVI style. |
| Bibliographic reference | Cat. 14
Edwardian Opulence. British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century Yale venter for British Art, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-300-19025-0. |
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| Accession number | E.867:5-1975 |
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