Drawing
circa 1910 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
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.
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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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and wash |
| Brief description | Drawings for a bonheur-du-jour and a cabinet in the Louis XVI style by Mewes and Davis, c. 1910 |
| Physical description | Top: design for a bonheur-du-jour with painted porcelain plaques (in the style of Martin Carlin). Bottom: design for a dressing table with carved and gilt ornaments, marbled top, and mirror. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Bonheur du jour a etagere Louis XVI ebenisterie et bronze
Toilette Louis XVI bois sculpte peint blanc. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | 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.866:73-1975 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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