Design for the decoration of aceiling with painted clouds and a pierced border
Medium
graphite, pen and ink, wash, and watercolor on wove paper
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.362
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Art Historical Context
This delicate 19th-century design captures the ethereal beauty of a painted ceiling, featuring soft clouds drifting across an open sky framed by an ornate pierced border. Created Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet between 1830 and 1897, the drawing reflects the collaborative nature of decorative arts during this period, when architects and artists often worked together to envision grand interior schemes for public buildings or private residences. Executed in graphite, pen and ink, wash, and watercolor on wove paper, the work demonstrates the versatility of these media 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...