Design for the treatment of a wall with a pattern of lattices, vines, and bamboo
second half 19th century
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.444
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate drawing, titled *Design for the Treatment of a Wall with a Pattern of Lattices,ines, and Bamboo*, was created by French artists Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet in the second half of the th century. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Drawings and Prints—acquired through the Dodge Fund in 1967—it presents an intricate proposal for interior wall decoration. The composition weaves geometric lattices with flowing vines and slender bamboo stalks, accented by lush leaves, evoking a harmonious blend of structure and nature. In the Victorian ...
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...