Elevation of a paneled interior decorated with painted landscapes and coves with cartouches and flowers
Medium
pen and ink, watercolor and gold paint on laid paper; inlaid in laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 11/16 x 14 15/16 in. (27.1 x 37.9 cm) image: 7 1/4 x 12 3/8 in. (18.4 x 31.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.338
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant elevation drawing by Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet captures a refined 19th French interior scheme. Created between 183 and 1897, it depicts a paneled room where painted landscapes form the central decorative focus, framed by coves filled with delicate cartouches and floral ornament. The design reflects the period’s taste for integrating natural scenes into domestic spaces, creating an atmosphere of cultivated tranquility. Rendered in pen and ink with watercolor and gold paint on laid paper, the work demonstrates the artists’ collaborative approach to int...
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...