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Circular ceiling design with three cherubs and a pink ribbon on a pale blue sky, framed by flowers and gold scrollwork.

Ceiling Design for the Pless Chateau, Silesia

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

Painted design for an octagonal ceiling with stucco scrolls, flower garlands, red drapery, cherubs and a sky opening.

Design for Octagonal Ceiling in the Pless House, Berlin

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

Brown wash design for a rococo wall panel showing a castle on a hill, trees, and a hunted stag at the base.

Design for a Decorative Wall Panel with Hunting Motif, Pless Chateau, Silesia

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

Brown wash drawing of an oval ceiling design with scattered putti and cherubs among clouds, over faint grid lines.

Design for an Oval Ceiling, probably for Pless Residence

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

Painted lunette design with cherubs, flower garlands, a parrot, gilded drapery and a potted plant beneath an arch.

Design for the Decoration of a Lunette on the Staircase, Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

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

Watercolor design of a geometric ceiling with red and gold ornamental panels framed in grey, labeled Hotel de Pless Berlin.

Design for Ceiling Decoration Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

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

Design drawing of a painted coffered ceiling with red, mauve and grey panels, black strapwork and gold foliate scrolls.

Design for the Decoration of the Ceiling in the Vestibule (Ier étage), Hôtel de S. A. le Prince de P... [Pless?}, Berlin

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

Painted design for a coffered ceiling with interlaced strapwork and rosettes in green, yellow, and white on terracotta.

Design for Ceiling Decoration in the Dining Room, Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

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

Colored design drawing of a coffered ceiling with interlaced gold, red and blue ornament and a decorative border.

Design for Ceiling Decoration in the Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling cove with scrolled frieze, lattice band, molding, and trailing pink roses.

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling Cove in the Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

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

Gold and red decorative ceiling design with coffered geometric panels filled with scrollwork ornament.

Design for the Decoration of the Ceiling in the Hôtel de Pless, Berlin, or the Chateau de Cangé in the Loire

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

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin and Christ child with Saint Anne, Saint John, and sketched studies around them.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint John in a classical landscape; verso: The Holy Family with Saint Anne and S…

Karl Agricola, late 18th-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a classical scene with a kneeling man, standing woman, armored soldier, and onlookers in an interior.

The Continence of Scipio

Pieter Crijnse Volmarijn, 1646-79

Watercolor design of a decorated dome with ornamental panels, scrollwork, and a sky opening in the upper right.

Design for a decorated dome in the Peruviez residence, Belgium

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

Design drawing of a decorated ceiling with a soft blue sky, cloud forms, and a dark frame of gilded scrollwork and flowers.

Design for a decorated ceiling in a house on the rue Matignon

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

Pencil design elevation of paneled double doors with ornamental scrollwork, garlands, and an oval figural panel.

Design for double doors in a house at 18 rue Matignon

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

Design drawing of a dark paneled dining room wall with an arched niche flanked by painted garden landscapes and floral urns.

Design for the decoration of the dining room, 20 rue Matignon

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

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 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

Etching of two women on a garden terrace, one with a parasol and one sketching at an easel, with foliage and a house behind.

La Terrasse de la Villa Brancas

Félix Bracquemond, 1876

Hand-colored 18th-century map of New Netherlands with allegorical figures, a compass rose, and a view of New Amsterdam.

Recens Edita Totius Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali [An Updated View of New Netherlands in North America]

Matthäus Seutter, ca. 1730

Engraving of a flower vase flanked by a skeleton and a putto, with hourglass, skull, books and verse inscriptions.

Allegory of the Transitoriness of Life

Jacob Matham, n.d.

Etching of a winter forest at dusk with bare trees and a wolf walking across the snow on the right.

Hiver (Le Loup dans la neige)

Félix Bracquemond, 1864

Antique engraved map of New Netherlands, New England and part of Virginia with animals, ships, a compass rose and a city view

Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula [Map of New Netherlands, New England, and part of Virgi…

Nicolas Visscher I, ca. 1656

Etching of an eagle perched on rocks, beak open, beneath a radiating sun and drifting clouds.

L'Assiette Républicaine

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

Etching of a steam locomotive trailing smoke along a riverside embankment under a swirling, stormy sky.

La Locomotive

Félix Bracquemond, 1873

Title page with reeds, a resting duck at water's edge, and flying ducks, with printed title Six Eaux-fortes par Bracquemond.

Six Eaux-fortes par Bracquemond

Félix Bracquemond, 1887

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

Sheet of pencil and watercolor ornamental designs for interior decoration, with coffered panels, scrollwork friezes and a gro

Ten designs for the painted decoration of an interior; one possibly for "Harwith"

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

Watercolor design of painted ceiling timbers with gilded brackets and a red and gold PB monogram, with scale notes.

Designs for the painted decoration of ceiling timbers monogrammed "PB"

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

Architectural drawing of painted ceiling timber designs with foliate scrollwork and a gilded LB monogram in brown and gold.

Designs for the painted decoration of ceiling timbers; one monogrammed: "LB"

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

Vertical ornamental design with a central CA monogram medallion, scrolling gold foliage, and pink and blue painted panels.

Design for the painted decoration of a wall of ceiling panel monogrammed "CA"

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central cherub, gilded frame, laurel medallion with monogram AS, and blue and gold bor

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with the monogram: AS

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and gray wash design for an ornate ceiling with a central oval, scrolled panels, medallions and garlands.

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with the monogram: M

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and wash drawing of three ornamental designs: an oval medallion, a decorative border strip, and a crowned monogram.

Two designs for decorative panels and one design for an ornamental monogram with a crown and the initials: FF

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a painted coffered ceiling with geometric strapwork, turquoise and pink panels, and a gilded monogram H.

Design for the painted decoration of a coffered ceiling with the monogram: H

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of wood paneling with a carved pediment, heraldic shield, and painted frieze of putti among trees.

Design for the decoration of a room with a large wood-paneled cupboard surmounted by the monogram: H

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Painted design for a coffered ceiling with pink, peach and green panels, gold scrollwork and central rosettes.

Design for the painted decoration of a coffered ceiling incorporating the initial: H

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97