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Design for a Wall Elevation with an Arched Mirror over a Fireplace (First Floor)

ca. 1900–14
Not on view
Design for a period style wall elevation with a large arched mirror and a fireplace in the middle bay. There are two bays on either side which show blank wall panels. The modest decorations are in a late neoclassical style. The walls are painted in a white-grey palette.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for a Wall Elevation with an Arched Mirror over a Fireplace (First Floor)
  • Artist: Mewès and Davis (active London and Paris, from 1900)
  • Artist: Charles-Frédéric Mewès (French, Strasbourg 1860–1914 Paris)
  • Artist: Arthur Joseph Davis (British, Bayswater 1878–1951 Wimbledon)
  • Date: ca. 1900–14
  • Medium: Watercolor over graphite
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 12 3/16 in. (20 × 30.9 cm) [half of the folio]
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.502.1.2(18)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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