Design for Coffered Ceiling, Mme Païva's Chateau at Neudeck
second half 19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, gouache, and gilt.
Dimensions
14 9/16 x 10 3/16 in. (37 x 25.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.39
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Art Historical Context
This delicate drawing, created by architects Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eug-Pierre Gourdet in the second half of the 19 century, presents an elegant design for the coff ceiling of Mme Païva's Château at Neudeck. Coffered ceilings, featuring recessed panels often adorned with intricate patterns, were a hallmark of opulent 19th-century interiors,oking the grandeur of Renaissance palaces while suiting the lavish tastes of Europe's elite. Mme Païva, a prominent figure in Parisian high society, commissioned such designs to reflect her extravagant lifestyle in her Neudeck estate. Rendered in...
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...