Design
circa 1910 (made)
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Design for a writing table and screen in the Louis XVI style and vitrine on stand in the Louis XV style by Mewès and Davis, c. 1910. Inscriptions in French indicate that the writing table was intended for bedrooms or boudoirs and the screen for drawing rooms.
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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| Materials and techniques | pencil and wash |
| Brief description | Design for a writing table, screen and glass vitrine by Mewès and Davis, c. 1910. |
| Physical description | Design for a writing table, screen and vitrine. Top left: design for a mahogany lady's writing table 'secretaire à abattant' in the Louis XVI style with pierced gilt frieze at the top and bronze decorations. Top right: design for a two-panel screen in the Louis XVI style. Below: design for a glass vitrine on stand in the Louis XV style. The stand is decorated with gilt mounts. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ecran pupitre acajou et bronzes Louis XVI chambre boudoir
ecran double Louis XVI de Salon
table vitrine Louis XV ebenisterie et bronze voir detail ornement [?] |
| Summary | Design for a writing table and screen in the Louis XVI style and vitrine on stand in the Louis XV style by Mewès and Davis, c. 1910. Inscriptions in French indicate that the writing table was intended for bedrooms or boudoirs and the screen for drawing rooms. 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.865:49-1975 |
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