Eight designs for decorative borders
Medium
Graphite, watercolor, and gold paint on wove papers; mounted on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 9 7/16 x 12 5/16 in. (24 x 31.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.267
Art Historical Context
Discover the intricate beauty of *Eight Designs for Decorative Borders*, a collaborative sheet by French artists Jules-Edmond- Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, created between 1830 and 1897. This delicate work, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, measures 9 7/16 x 12 5/16 inches and acquired through the Dodge Fund in 1967. Rendered on wove paper smooth, versatile support invented in the late 18th century for precise drafting—the designs showcase the era's fascination with elegant ornamentation. In 19th-century France, amid the Romantic and eclecti...
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...