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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Architectural drawing of ornate ceiling border with scrollwork, foliage and garlands, in grey wash and pen on paper.

Design for ceiling decoration in the residence of the Duc de Massa on the rue la Boétie, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1889

Three horizontal ornamental bands drawn in watercolor: a garland with torches, a beaded leafy scroll, and an acanthus scroll

Three ornamental motifs in rococco style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1889

Pen and grey wash design for a symmetrical Baroque decorative panel with acanthus scrolls, a flower urn and garlands.

Design for a decorative panel in the Baroque style for the Chateau de Vaux-Praslin

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

Two ink drawings of an ornate grand foyer with draped curtains, columns, a statue, chandeliers, and a heraldic crest.

Two Views of a Grand Foyer

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for ceiling decoration with circular rosettes, a diamond lattice, and ornate scrolled borders in gold, pink

A design for the painted decoration of a ceiling or walls

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a painted vaulted ceiling with floral garlands, scrolling foliage, a griffin and a bird.

Designs for the painted decoration of a vaulted ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Drawing of a painted ceiling design with red and green panels, interlaced strapwork, scrolling rinceaux and grey moldings.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling in strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with scrollwork cartouche, Greek key borders and floral roundels in pink, blue and go

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling in with strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing for a painted ceiling with scrollwork, star bursts and filigree in lilac, cream and turquoise within a brown f

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with bursts and filagree

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central blue and white chinoiserie scene of a pagoda and palm tree, framed by gilded m

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a Chinese blue and white design

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ornamental ceiling design with blue central panel, mauve scrollwork, gilded frame and corner urns on ochre ground.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with urns, swags, and portrait medallions in the four corners

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and watercolor designs for a ceiling border and a wall with climbing vines, floral motifs and small animal scenes.

Designs for the ceiling and wall of a room decorated with waterbirds and flowering vines

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a rinceaux ceiling with lavender scrolls, central rosette and brown moulded border on blue-green paper.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling in rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with blue rinceaux corner panels, a central rosette medallion, and stippled decorative motifs

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil design drawing of an ornate ceiling or wall with strapwork, scrolls and a central medallion in a moulded frame.

Design for the decoration of a wiling with strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of an ornamental ceiling with a central blue and gold medallion, geometric bands and decorative border.

Design for the decoration of a pentagonal ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with blue and ochre patterned panels separated by grey pilasters and marbled wainscotin

Design for decoration of a wall with painted panels separated by pilasters

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor ceiling design with interlaced strapwork border and central filigree medallion flanked by star motifs.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a border of strapwork and a central filagree medallion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pastel watercolor design of a decorative ceiling corner with circular medallions, scrolling foliage, and green and pink ornam

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with circular medallions

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for an octagonal ceiling with gilded rinceaux scrollwork in pink, blue and yellow, framed by brown moldings

Design for the decoration of a hexagonal ceiling with rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor of the Watzmann mountain peaks above blue foothills under a pale sky.

The Watzmann (recto); Sketch of Sankt Bartholomä on the Königssee (verso)

August Heinrich, 1820-22

Watercolor design of a patterned blue and red awning with scalloped edges over an arched wooden door in a stone wall.

Design for an awning over a door, in Moorish style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a balustrade with an awning in Moorish pattern, hanging flower baskets, urns, and a sky backdrop.

An Outdoor Balustrade Overhung with an Awning in Moorish Style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with putti, garlands, and gilded ornament, with a lunette detail below.

Design for the decoration of an oval ceiling with putti and garlands; with a detail of a lunette

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded interior wall with a fireplace, framed landscape paintings, and a decorated door.

Design for the decoration of a wall punctuated by a fireplace and a door and hung with gold-framed pictures

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Two watercolor wall designs with double doors: upper with floral urn and birds, lower with cherubs and blue medallions.

Two Designs for the decoration of walls pierced by pairs of double doors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a ceiling with an oval trompe l'oeil coffered dome, floral garlands, and ornate gilded scrollwork border.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil painting of a coffered dome

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a paneled room wall with double doors, rococo cartouches, vases, fruit garlands and lattice frieze.

Design for a room with double doors decorated with garlands of fruit and flowers, scrolls, and lattice work

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor ceiling design with two putti on clouds in a central oval, surrounded by flower garlands and gilded ornament.

Design for a painted ceiling with putti on clouds in a central oval

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a room wall with carved wood paneling, a double door, inset paintings, and green patterned wallpaper.

Design for a room with wood panels inset with paintings and a heavily-carved double door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97