Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 a popular Whip

a popular Whip

The 'Baddie' (darker clothes is Dean Dawson

The scene is set during the restoration by George Gwilt

The Royal Hospital and its formal gardens seen from the River Thames with sailing boats and rowing boats

Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 a popular WhipDesk 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.