Design for a paneled ceiling painted with putti, birds, and floral motifs
Medium
graphite, pen and ink, watercolor and gold paint on laid paper
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.382
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Art Historical Context
This exquisite 19th-century drawing, titled *Design for a Paneled Painted with Putti,, and Floral Motifs is a collaborative work by French architects and designers Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène Gourdet. It captures the whimsical elegance of neoclassical and rococo-inspired interiors, featuring playful putti (cherubic figures), fluttering birds, and lush floral garlands arranged across paneled compartments. Such designs were prized for adorning the grand ceilings of salons, ballrooms, and public spaces, evoking the opulent decorative traditions of earlier centuries while adapting the...
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...