About the artwork:
Drawn in pen, ink, and sepia wash, this artwork by the famed architect and designer encapsulates the "style Louis XVII” of his creation.
Emilio Terry was a French architect, artist, interior decorator, and landscape designer of Cuban-Irish ancestry who created furniture, tapestries, and objets d'art in a classical yet baroque style he called the "Louis XVII style."
About the artist:
Emilio Rene Terry y Sánchez (1890–1969), known as Emilio Terry, was a French architect, artist, interior decorator, and landscape designer of Cuban-Irish ancestry. Creating furniture, tapestries, and objets d'art, he drew influence from the château de Chenonceau, acquired by his family, to create a style that was at once classical and baroque, which he called the "Louis XVII style."
Specs:
Drawn in pen, ink, and sepia wash, this artwork by the famed architect and designer encapsulates the "style Louis XVII” of his creation.More
- Framed: 24.4 x 20.8 in.
- Signed lower right: "Emilio Terry, 19 juin 37"
