Design for a Wall Elevation for a Mirror Room with Chimney (Fifth Floor)

ca. 1900–14
Not on view
Design for a period style wall elevation. A marble chimney piece is situated in the middle of the wall and is combined with a mirror. The walls surrounding the chimney and mirror are clad with panels, decorated with grotesque designs in the manner of Antoine Watteau and Francois Boucher. The two outer bays of the wall are largely covered in mirrors, seperated from each other by a gilt frame. On the bottom of the page part of the floor for the room has also been depicted.

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Object Information
  • Title: Design for a Wall Elevation for a Mirror Room with Chimney (Fifth 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 3/16 in. (20.2 x 31 cm) [half of the folio]
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.502.1.2(41)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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