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Period style design for the elevation of the wall of a library, exectuted in a late Louis XV or Rococo style. The wall has six bays of open bookcases. In the middle of the wall an arch-shaped mirror is placed with an ecrivain in front of it.
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Title: Design for the Wall of a Library in a late Rococo Style
Artist:
Mewès and Davis (active London and Paris, from 1900)
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: 1976.502.1.3(4A)
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