Design for a ceiling with lattice work and flowering vines
second half 19th century
Medium
Graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on laid paper; mounted on blue wove paper
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.448
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the lavish world of 19th-century interior design, this exquisite *Design for a Ceiling with Lattice Work Flowering Vines* the era's passion for ornate decoration. Created collaboratively by French artists Jules-Edmond-Charles Lise and Eugène-Pierredet in the second half the century, it exemplifies meticulous preparatory drawings used by architects and decorators to envision grand spaces. The intricate lattice framework intertwined with blooming vines evokes the romantic naturalism popular during the Victorian period and early stirrings of Art Nouveau, where floral motifs symbolized abundanc...
About the Artist
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet · 1897–1897
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, born Jules Lachaise on September 2, 1836, in Paris, emerged as a prominent French painter and draughtsman specializing in lavish interior decorations during the Second Empire and beyond. Little is known about his early life and formal training, though he married Berthe Gourdet in 1866, forging a close professional partnership with her brother, the decorator Eugène-Pi...