Design for a Louis XVI Period Style Desk

Mewès and Davis
Charles-Frédéric Mewès French
 Arthur Joseph Davis British

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Design for a period style, Louis XVI desk (bureau) rendered in perspective. The design is characterized by four slender baluster-shaped legs. It has two drawers on the front side and a mask in the shape of a lion's head as an ornament on the sides. The desk top appears to have been clad in green leather. The measurements for the desk are given (H x W x D = 0.77m x 1.40m x 0.70m) and an inscription identifies the wood as ebony with bronze ornaments.

Design for a Louis XVI Period Style Desk, Mewès and Davis (active London and Paris, from 1900), Watercolor over graphite

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