Two designs for decorative panels and one design for an ornamental monogram with a crown and the initials: FF
Medium
Watercolor and graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 19 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (49.5 x 33.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.212
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling world of 19th French decorative arts, this delicate sheet by Jules-Edmond- Lachaise and Eug-Pierre Gourdet showcases two designs for ornate panels alongside a regal ornamental monogram crowned with a coronet and bearing the initials "FF." Created between 1830 and 1897, it exemplifies the era's fascination with elaborate ornamentation, blending historicist motifs with symbols of prestige, likely intended for furniture, architecture, or heraldry. Rendered in watercolor and graphite on a generous 19½ × 13⅜-inch sheet, the work highlights masterful techniques: graphite's precise l...
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...