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Sunday 24th May 2026

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet were painters and illustrators who frequently collaborated on interior decorations for the French monarchy and aristocracy in the second half of the nineteenth century. Their _Design for a ceiling of trompe l’oeil sky _employed a popular technique of the age, giving the illusion of 3D space on a 2D surface to suggest a hole in the ceiling displaying a bright sky of Cumulus clouds. Go on, admit it, you want one in your bathroom.

Design for a Trompe l'oeil ceiling (c. 1850-1889), a drawing by Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, US.




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