Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 gazing forward

gazing forward

Insect specimens observed on the Ross Arctic expedition

showing the Frost Fair in the foreground and figures inspecting the incomplete piers of Westminster Bridge on the right

The scene is set during the restoration by George Gwilt

The 'Baddie' (darker clothes is Dean Dawson

Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 gazing forwardDesk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris, 1911 1912. Bureau du Roi Louis XV, cylinder desk in French transitional Louis XV XVI style. Designed by Jean Francois Oeben, the master cabinet maker of the French royal arsenal and completed in 1769 by his successor, Jean Henri Riesener, in 1769. A print from The Book of Decorative Furniture its Form, Colour and History, Volume II by Edwin Foley, TC and EC Jack Ltd, London, 1911 1912.