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10,707 works

Ink and wash design for an ornate Opéra Comique ceiling with arches, medallions and allegorical figures, ca. 1845.

Design for the decoration of the ceiling in the Opéra Comique, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1845

Sheet of decorative design studies with stained glass panels, ornamental friezes, ceiling patterns and a classical figure gro

Ten designs for the decoration of the Opéra Comique, Paris

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

Watercolor design for an arched ceiling with ochre moldings, pink and green patterned field, and ornate scrolled medallions.

Design for ceiling decoration in a house on the Boulevard Haussmann

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

Watercolor design of a gothic arched gallery wall with patterned upper panel, heraldic shield, and wood paneling below.

Design for wall decoration in a gallery of the Chateau de Lude, Sarthe

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

Painted design drawing of an arched wall decoration with columns, gilded panels, a coat of arms, and a small interior scene.

Design for painted wall decoration in the Château de Lude, Sarthe

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

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a window topped with angels, draped swags, and a pink marble fireplace below.

Ecclesiatstical design for a window topped with angels

Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly, mid-18th century

Watercolor design of a Gothic-arched interior wall with fleur-de-lis pattern, star ceiling panel and patterned dado.

Design for wall decoration in the house of Baron Malet in Jouy-en-Josas (Seine et Gise)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1871

Design study of an ornate ceiling corner with cream scrollwork, a painted oval of pink roses, and floral garlands.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling in the house of Baron Malet, Jouy-en-Josas (Seine et Gise)

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

Watercolor design of cream strapwork framing pink and ochre scrolling foliage, a decorative panel for a stairway.

Design for the decoration of the stairway in the Chateau d'Ognon of M. de Machy (Oise, France)

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

Watercolor design drawing of a staircase fragment with scrolling foliage and a gilded urn in a laurel wreath medallion.

Design for the decoration of the stairway in the Château d'Ognon of M. deMachy (Oise, France)

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

Collage of ornamental design studies with scrollwork, putti, a crowned female bust, and a lion paw sketch.

Ten designs for the decoration of houses, including at least one for the stairway of the Chateau d'Ognon of M. deMach…

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

Watercolor design elevation of a church altar table with gilded crucifix, pink columns, heraldic shields and floral panels.

Design for an altar table surmounted by a crucifixion

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

Watercolor design of a ceiling border with scrolling motifs, dark floral rosettes and layered bands in pink, brown and blue.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling

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

Colored design drawing of a ceiling corner with hexagonal lattice, scrolling foliage borders and blue and yellow ornament.

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling

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

Watercolor design of a wall with fleur-de-lis pattern, pointed arched window with leaded glass, and wood wainscoting below.

Design for the painted decoration of a wall pierced by an arched window

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

Watercolor design of a gothic niche with red drapery, gray foliate ornament, blue rosette, and gilded column.

Design for the decoration of a gothic niche

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

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with yellow, blue and purple panels, ornamental scrollwork and a heraldic shield.

Design for the painted decoration of a coffered ceiling

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

Pencil design drawing of a wall with Islamic geometric lattice, arabesque scrollwork in an arched niche, and ornamental borde

Design for the decoration of a wall in Islamic motifs

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

Collage of pencil and ink studies of ornamental wall and ceiling designs, with scrollwork, lattice and floral garland pattern

Sixteen designs of the decoration of walls and ceilings

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

Pen and pencil collage of twelve ornamental designs: heraldic shields, capitals, initials, arabesques, and a Madonna and Chil

Twelve ornamental designs for the decoration of interiors

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

Design drawing of two painted panels, one red with cross and fleur-de-lis medallions, one blue with a gold lattice pattern.

Design for the painted decoration of panels

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

Architectural elevation drawing of a decorated wall with a dove and cross medallion, arched doorway, and draped curtains.

Elevation of a wall decorated with the dove of the holy ghost

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

Pen drawing of an architectural wall elevation with a decorated arch, columns, drapery swags and a patterned frieze.

Elevation of a wall design, possibly for a chapel

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

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic-arched altar with painted walls, star-patterned blue panels and a Sancta Caecilia inscriptio

Elevation of a design for an altar and painted wall decoration

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

Watercolor design of a Gothic chapel wall with a wooden door, patterned panels, and a painted arched scene of the Virgin Mary

Elevation of a Church or Chapel with designs for ornament and a painted triptych of the Virgin Mary

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

Watercolor design of a decorated interior wall with wood panels, arched bays, painted pilasters and gilded stars.

Design for the decoration of wall with wood panels and arched bays

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

Watercolor design of a decorative painted ceiling with roundels, floral garland, blue cartouches, and small bird vignettes.

Design for the painted decoration of a baker's shop

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

Watercolor design drawing of painted ceiling and wall panels with ornamental scrollwork, ivy, a rose medallion and the word F

Design for painted decoration of wall or ceiling panels, including the word "Frascati"

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

Sheet of nine pencil and ink studies of painted interior ornament, including coffered ceilings, borders, a medallion, and emb

Nine designs for the painted decoration of an interior, possibly for the Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

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

Sheet of eight ornamental design studies for painted wall decorations, with scrolls, friezes and fleur-de-lis motifs.

Eight designs for painted wall decorations; one for "chanteloup," another for "Nause"

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