Elevation of a dining room with a carved buffet and window draperies
Medium
graphite on laid paper
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.391
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, this 19th elevation drawing by French architects Jules-EdmondCharles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet offers precise glimpse into the grandeur of period interior design. Titled *Elevation of a Dining Room with a Carved Buffet and Draperies*, the work renders a formal dining space on laid paper using graphite, a medium favored for its fine lines and subtle shading that capture architectural details with remarkable clarity. The visible texture of laid paper—characterized by its chain lines—adds authenticity, evoking the drafti...
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...