Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with the monogram: AS
Medium
graphite, pen and ink, watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 1/16 in. (26.4 x 18 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.210
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's and Prints collection, where find this exquisite preparatory design: *Design for the Painted Decoration a Ceiling with the Mon: AS* by French artists Jules-EdmondCharles Lachaise andène-Pierre Gourdet, between 1830 and 1897. Created as a collaborative blueprint for an opulent ceiling, it centers on the elegant monogram "AS encircled by playful putti—those cherubic figures beloved in decorative arts—and intricate architectural motifs. Such designs were hallmarks of 19th-century French interior decoration, evoking the grandeur of Second Empire salons o...
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...