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Watercolor design elevation of a decorated interior wall with double doors, a blue floral niche, and a painted frieze.

Design for Wall Elevation, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1873

Watercolor design of an ornamental ceiling panel with violet and gold scrollwork and a central fan motif.

Design for Grand Salon, Ground Floor, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1873

Ink and watercolor architectural design of a coffered arch framing a classical niche and garden view above a balustrade.

Design for Stable Arches, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1873

Watercolor design of an ornate hanging plaque lettered SULTAN, suspended by chains beneath scrolled ornamental brackets on a

Design for Decorated "Sultan" Plaque for Stable Wall, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1873

Watercolor design of a Gothic pointed-arch stained glass window with ornamental tracery and a heraldic shield above.

Design for Elevation of Window, Saint Clotilde

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

Watercolor of a Gothic church interior with a robed altar boy in the foreground and ribbed vaulted ceilings above.

View of Interior with Figures, Saint Clotilde

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

Watercolor design of a Gothic Revival altar with a crucifix, starry blue vault, radiating light and a dove above.

Design for Altar, Saint Clotilde

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

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling corner with scrollwork, strapwork panels, and red, green and purple decoration.

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Château de Cangé

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

Colored design drawing of a decorated salon ceiling with rose and gold bands, interlaced ornament, and flower motifs.

Design for Salon Ceiling, Château de Cangé

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central panel of putti on clouds, surrounded by blue and gold ornamental borders.

Design for Ceiling with Putti, Hôtel of Doctor Cranchi

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1872

Watercolor design of a painted coffered ceiling with pink, blue and brown panels and gilded arabesque ornament.

Design for Dining Room, Hôtel de Doctor Cranchi

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1872

Colored design drawing of a coffered dining room ceiling with ornate strapwork, heraldic shields, and a central octagonal pan

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Neudeck

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

Vertical sheet of painted decorative border designs with scrollwork, fleur-de-lis and zigzag motifs in blue, pink and gold.

Design for Ceiling at Fontainebleau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Watercolor design of a decorated room wall with a blank gilt frame, teal and violet walls, and gilded cornice ornament.

Design for Elevation of the Duchess of Newcastle's Bedroom, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Engraved print of an ornate acanthus-leaf capital with a Latin inscription reading Rome in Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura.

Capital decorated with Acanthus Leaves from the Church of Sant' Agnese fuori le mura, from "Speculum Romanae Magnific…

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of a classical altar with columns, a niche holding a standing nude statue, and a carved pediment above.

The Altar of Eros, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Colored design for a salon ceiling with lavender scrollwork, gilded medallions, blue figures and red painted panels.

Design for Ceiling of Grand Salon, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Engraving of a classical niche with a small nude statue of Jupiter between fluted columns beneath an arched pediment.

The Altar of Jupiter in the Oldest Temple on the Capitol, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of a Roman triumphal arch with three passageways, columns, relief panels, and a cherub holding a banner above.

The Arch of Constantine, Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Watercolor design of a trompe l'oeil ceiling with blue sky, circling birds, peacocks, cherubs and fruit garlands in an ornate

Design for Trompe l'Oeil Stairway Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Design drawing of a ceiling with a sky-filled oval panel, flying birds, floral garland, and pastel coffered borders.

Design for Grand Salon Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Watercolor design of a domed ceiling with lilac arabesque scrollwork and a gold and white moulded border.

Design for Ceiling of the Duchess of Newcastle's Petit Salon, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

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

Engraving of an artist's studio with bearded men and students drawing by candlelight beside classical statues and vessels.

Baccio Bandinelli in his studio holding a statuette of Venus, students sketching from a model by candlelight

Agostino Veneziano, 1531

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

Engraving of the Apollo Belvedere statue, a nude male figure with draped cloth, standing in an arched niche.

Apollo Belvedere, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

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

Sheet of five ornamental designs: a rococo pastoral scene, a decorative panel, a paneled door, a coat of arms, and a floor pa

Five Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, second half 19th century

Pencil and ink sheet with eight ornamental designs: a greyhound, heraldic crests, scrollwork borders and putti.

Eight Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

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