Design for Grand Salon, Ground Floor, Hôtel Candamo
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor
Dimensions
8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (21.3 x 27.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.69
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 19th-century Parisian interiors with this exquisite design by architects Jules-Edmond- Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet. Created around 1873, *Design for Grand Salon, Floor, Hôtel Candamo captures the grandeur of a luxurious reception room in a private hôtel particulier—a grand townhouse favored by the elite. The drawing showcases symmetrical architecture, ornate moldings, and elegant furnishings, evoking the lavish salons where high society gathered for conversation, music, and display. Dating to France's Second Empire era (1852–1870) and its immediate afterm...
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...