Design for wall decoration in the house of Baron Malet in Jouy-en-Josas (Seine et Gise)
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, gold paint, and pen and ink on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 14 15/16 x 10 13/16 in. (38 x 27.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.167
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 19-century French interiors with this exquisite *Design for Wall Decoration in the House of Malet in Jouy-en-Josas (Seine-et-Oise)*, created in 1871 by the collaborative talents of Jules-Edmond-Charles Lise and Eugène-Pierredet. This preparatory drawing captures the grandeur envisioned for the residence of Baron Malet, prominent figure, in the picturesque village near Paris. Amid the turbulent shift to France's Third Republic following the Franco-Prussian War, such designs reflected the enduring taste for lavish domestic architecture among the elite, blending fun...
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...