Design
circa 1900 (made)
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Two elevation designs for rooms in the Louis XVI 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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| Materials and techniques | pen and wash |
| Brief description | Two elevation designs for rooms in the Louis XVI style, by Mewès and Davis, c. 1900. |
| Physical description | Two elevation designs for rooms in the Louis XVI style. Top: design showing a window hung with pink curtains. The walls are decorated with wood panelling ornamented with trophies. Bottom: design for a room in the Louis XVI style showing two bergeres and a firescreen in front of a Louis XVI style chimney surmouned by a bust and a pair of vases. A mirror in a gilt frame is above. Two doors surmounted by painted trumeaus depicting two putti by a fountain are on each side of the armchairs. Two vitrines with objects visible behing the glass are at the far ends of the room. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Petit Salon Louis XVI |
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| Summary | Two elevation designs for rooms in the Louis XVI 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.867:9-1975 |
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| Record created | February 14, 2009 |
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