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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central scrolled medallion, pink and green ornament, and a brown molded frame.

Design for Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Decorative ceiling design with pink scrollwork, blue oval medallions of relief figures, and gilded borders.

Design for Bedroom Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Watercolor design of an arched doorway with vines and trellis opening to sky, flanked by red and gold ornamental panels.

Design for Coffered Ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and ink drawing sheet with ornamental designs, wall paneling layout and a military trophy panel with helmet and weapons.

Nine Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaqulein Family

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Two side-by-side designs of paneled doorways in blue and gold, one with an urn overdoor and one with a garland medallion.

Two Designs for Doorways with Alternate Overdoor Decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a Moorish-style ceiling design with green and purple arabesques, rosettes and decorative borders.

Ceiling Design in Moorish Style for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and wash design of a white double door with gilt moldings and an overdoor panel of cupids carrying a violin.

Design for Single Door and Overdoor Panel with Cupids Bearing a Violin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Two watercolor ceiling designs with putti, allegorical figures, and ornamental scrollwork on a blue-grey mount.

Two Designs for Ceiling with Putti and Allegorical Figures of the Arts

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a wall with paired paneled doors and an ornate central panel with scrollwork and a landscape medallion.

Design for a Pair of Doors Joined by an Ornamental Panel

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Two watercolor designs for ornamental panels, one with a lettered cartouche and figures, one with a seated trident figure in

Two Designs for Ornamental Panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a salon ceiling with red and blue striped bands, blue scrolling foliage and gilded central panel.

Design for Ceiling, Château de St. Aubin

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and ink strip of sketches showing ladies and gentlemen in period costume, some dancing and some walking.

Sketches of Ladies and Gentlemen, Dancers

Imitator of Jean Antoine Watteau, n.d.

Watercolor design elevation of a painted interior wall with arched fireplace, panelled doors and ornamental frieze.

Design for Painted Wall Paneling, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Ornamental ceiling design with blue scrolling vines, red blossoms, and green floral borders in a stepped frame, 1875.

Islamic Ceiling Design for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875

Watercolor design for a wall with a double door under an arched pediment, painted panels and a decorative frieze.

Design for Wall Paneling, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Colored design drawing of a Pompeiian-style wall with ceiling panel, columns, garlands, urns and a central candelabrum motif.

Design for Wall Paneling and Ceiling in Pompeiian Style, The Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Watercolor design elevation of a classical interior wall with paneled double doors, a column, red drapery, and an arched gard

Design for Elevation of Ceiling and Wall, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Pencil and wash drawing of a laughing man in a wide hat holding a hurdy-gurdy, with a satchel at his side.

Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Cornelis Dusart, 1695

Design drawing of a decorative ceiling with a sky opening, flowering trellis, classical medallions and garlands in pastel ton

Design for Ceiling, Bedroom of Mme de Marconnoy

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor of a young woman in a pale gown reaching toward a writing table in a decorated interior with a bust and harp.

Interior with a Portrait of a Young Lady Before a Bust

Claude Hoin, 1788

Colored design drawing of a gothic chapel altar with stained glass windows, heraldic crest and ornate scrollwork.

Design for Altar and Chapel, Farnborough

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of an arched window with gold frame, scrolling purple foliage border, and a gilded chalice motif.

Design for Arched Window, Farnborough

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Pen and watercolor design for a decorated archway with ceramic-themed panels, shields, and foliage in red, blue, and gold.

Design for Decorated Archway, Monaco Pavillion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1878

Watercolor design of a chimney piece with a heraldic coat of arms above a grey mantel against a red wall.

Design for Chimney Piece, Château du Duc de Meternick, Johannisburg

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design drawing of paneled double doors with blue neoclassical garlands, urns, and a ribbon frieze above.

Design for Bedroom Doors, Hôtel de Jagan

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with octagonal panels, classical figure medallions and ornamental borders in blue, r

Design for Coffered Ceiling in Four Alternate Color Schemes, Empress Eugenie's Hotel

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated man with upturned face, raised hand and draped robes on a tan sheet.

Evangelist Looking Upward

Luca Giordano, n.d.

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with floral garlands, fruit swags and gilded scrollwork in green and pink.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Colorful design drawing of a painted ceiling with a central gold rosette, strapwork, acanthus foliage and rose panels.

Design for a Painted Ceiling with Strapwork and Foliage on a Rose Background

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Design drawing of a red and gold coffered ceiling with geometric panels, floral motifs, and rosette ornaments.

Design for Coffered Ceiling in Red and Gold

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century