Design for a Wall Elevation with a Large Mirror and Sofa (Fourth Floor)
Design for a period style wall elevation with a large mirror and sofa of canape in the middle bay. Flanking the mirror are two painted panels showing a young woman leaning against a column on the left and on the right a young man who seems to be drawing her portrait. The panels are reminiscent of works by Francois Boucher. On both ends of the wall a door is placed with a cameo-style medaillon as a dessus-de-porte.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for a Wall Elevation with a Large Mirror and Sofa (Fourth 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 15/16 x 12 1/4 in. (20.1 x 31.1 cm) [half of the folio]
- Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976
- Object Number: 1976.502.1.2(38)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1900–14
Mewès and Davis
ca. 1900–14
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1900–14
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1900–14
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1900–14
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