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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

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