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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Watercolor of a pink passionflower vine with buds, green leaves and curling tendrils against a pale sky and hills.

Winged passionflower (Passiflora alata)

Sydenham Edwards, 1799

Watercolor design of a paneled ceiling with a blue center, pink corner panels and gold moldings.

Design for a paneled ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a paneled ceiling with a trompe l'oeil dome of cherubs and clouds, framed by ornate coffers.

Design for a paneled ceiling with a trompe l'oeil dome in London

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pen drawing of a room corner with vaulted ceiling, columns, painted wall scenes and carved woodwork.

Elevation of the corner of a room decorated with Renaissance-style murals and carved woodwork

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a Louis XV style salon wall with mirror, marble fireplace, rococo paneling and cupid medallions.

Elevation of a salon decorated in Louis XV style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a rococo ceiling with a sky oculus, three cherubs with ribbons, and gilded scrollwork.

Design for a ceiling in rococo style with a trompe l'oeil oculus

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a Baroque ceiling with an oval sky panel of cherubs and red and green decorative borders.

Design for a ceiling in Baroque style with a central panel in trompe l'oeil

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Colored design drawing of a paneled ceiling with a central octagon, putti, birds, and floral ornament in pastel tones.

Design for a paneled ceiling painted with putti, birds, and floral motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a wall with tan paneling, red cornice, and blue panels with pink scrollwork ornament.

Design for woodwork and painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Design drawing of a paneled ceiling, with a corner in color showing gilded moldings, blue and red panels, and grotesque ornam

Design for a paneled ceiling to be painted in grotesque motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorative panel with a heraldic shield, crown, stag head, floral garland and scrolled frame.

Design of a decorative panel featuring hunting trophies, a shield, and a crown

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for an arched painted ceiling with blue ground, rose scrollwork ornament and brown-red border.

Partial design for painted ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Blue rinceaux scroll design on a peach ground with a central rosette medallion and foliate borders.

Partial design for a decorative panel painted in rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with gilded strapwork, pine cone motifs, and a central rosette medallion.

Partial design for a ceiling painted in strapwork and pine cone motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pen and watercolor design for a paneled ceiling split into two decorative schemes with gold scrollwork and a central medallio

Design for a paneled ceiling with alternative decorations

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pencil elevation drawing of a dining room with a carved buffet, mirror, vases and draped window curtains.

Elevation of a dining room with a carved buffet and window draperies

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central rosette, green coffered grid, and scrolling ornamental friezes.

Alternative designs for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Design drawing of a coffered ceiling with a painted sky opening filled with flying birds and fruit medallions.

Design for a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil sky filled with birds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a paneled wall with double doors, a painted panel of ducks, and a landscape mural with gold border.

Elevation of a paneled wall with a mural or tapestry and a double doors surmounted by a painting of ducks

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Three painted design studies for ornamental room borders with floral bouquets, gilded scrolls and red medallion patterns.

Three designs for painted borders to decorate a room

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Painted design for a paneled ceiling with a central cherub group, bird panels, floral garlands, and gilded ornamental borders

Design for a paneled ceiling painted with putti, birds, and floral motifs on tracing paper; mounted on wove paper

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Design drawing for a coffered ceiling with a central putto cartouche, red and black panels, bird scenes and gilded ornament.

Design for a ceiling painted with grotesque motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a paneled ceiling with ornate moldings, floral medallions, and green painted accents.

Design for a paneled ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Four painted decorative border designs with putti, floral garlands, scrollwork, urns and swan medallions on a pale ground.

Four designs for painted borders to decorate a room

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of two painted panels: a blue rosette on gold and an ornate white monogram on red, in a wooden frame.

Two alternative designs for the painted decoration of a panel (one with the intertwined initials CL)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Two watercolor designs for a paneled ceiling with gold scrollwork, rosettes, and blue and red painted panels.

Two designs for paneled ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Architectural elevation drawing of a classical facade with pediment, columns and tall windows, titled Lyceum of Natural Histo

Lyceum of Natural History, New York (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Graphite drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders, gazing directly forward, on grey-toned paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, ca. 1820-25

Architectural drawing of a curved balustrade with turned balusters beside a blue ceiling field, with perspective construction

Perspectival study for one quadrant of a ceiling design including a trompe l'oeil balustrade

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

Pencil and watercolor design for a ceiling border with a painted balustrade, scrolls, and clusters of roses.

Partial design for a ceiling to be painted with a trompe l'oeil iron railing and roses

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