Two Period-style Designs for a Console Table (Louis XVI)
Page with two designs for a console table, both in Louis XVI style. The upper half of the page shows a design for a white (vieux blanc) table with green marble entablature. It has four legs which are connected by a panel right above the feet. In the center of the panel a vase is placed. The second design shows a gilt console table with a red marble slab on top. It is suppported by tree legs with volutes which come together in the center on one hexagonal or octagonal base.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two Period-style Designs for a Console Table (Louis XVI)
- 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: 12 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (30.9 x 20 cm) [half of the folio]
- Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976
- Object Number: 1976.502.1.4(37A)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1900–14
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1900–14
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1900–14
Mewès and Davis
ca. 1900–14
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1900–14
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