Design for Ceiling of the Duchess of Newcastle's Petit Salon, Hôtel Hope
Medium
Pen and black ink, gouache, watercolor, and gilt
Dimensions
6 x 7 15/16 in. (15.3 x 20.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.101
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 19th-century Parisian interiors with this exquisite 1867 design by French artists Jules-Edmond- Lachaise and Eug-Pierre Gourdet. T *Design for Ceiling of the of Newcastle's Petit Salon Hôtel Hope*, this preparatory drawing captures the grandeur envisioned for a private salon in the luxurious Hôtel Hope, a prestigious residence associated with elite European society. Created during the lavish Second Empire era under Napoleon III, it reflects the era's passion for elaborate decorative schemes that blended neoclassical elegance with playful ornamentation. Rendered ...
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...