Pompeiian Design for Paneling
second half 19th century
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor
Dimensions
9 5/16 x 5 11/16 in. (23.6 x 14.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.88
Art Historical Context
This delicate drawing, *Pompeiian Design foring*, created by French Jules-Edmond-Charles Lise and Eugène-Pierredet in the second half of the 19th century captures the era's fascination ancient Roman aesthetics. Rendered in pen and black ink with watercolor a modest sheet measuring 9 5/16 x 5 11/16 inches, it presents an elegant pattern for interior wall paneling inspired by the vibrant frescoes unearthed at Pompeii. Such designs were highly sought after during the Victorian period, blending archaeological revival with contemporary decorative arts to bring classical grandeur into bourgeois home...
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...