Design for Elevation of Gallery Bay, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey
Medium
Graphite and gouache
Dimensions
13 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (33.3 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.11
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 19th-century architectural design with *Design for Elevation of Gallery, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey* (1875–79), a delicate drawing by French artists Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet. This precise rendering depicts the proposed facade for a gallery bay at Deepdene, the historic estate in Surrey, England, capturing the elegance of Victorian-era ornamentation. Created during a time when grand country houses blended classical influences with emerging revival styles, it reflects the international exchange of ideas between French designers and Bri...
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...