Design for Seven Vertical Panels of Arabesque Decoration, Farnsborough, England
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite
Dimensions
11 3/16 x 16 15/16 in. (28.4 x 43 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.22
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Art Historical Context
This exquisite preparatory drawing, titled *Design for Seven Vertical Panels Arabesque Decoration, Farnborough, England*, was created between 1880 and 1886 by French artists Jules-Edmond- Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet. Likely a collaborative effort by skilled draftsmen, it served as a blueprint for ornate wall panels destined for a site in Farnsborough, the era's fascination with lavish interior decoration amid Britain's Victorian architectural revival. Executed in pen and black ink for intricate line work, brush and gray wash subtle tonal modeling, and graphite for initial sketches, 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...