Dress up your home like the Empress Josephine is coming to stay. Décor ideas by French decorator Jean-Démosthène Dugourc who lived from 1749 to 1825. Collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

Aspirational decor from folios and magazines., Drawings and sketches 2 Minutes
Projet de décor mural. 1790. French. Design sketch, watercolor over pen strokes in black ink on paper glued in full on blue paper, framed in pen and black ink. Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, designer/artist. Inventory #CD 2723. Collections of and image © the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collections.madparis.fr/projet-de-decor-mural-0
Projet de lit à la polonaise. ca. 1790, before 1825. French. Watercolor on paper with pen and black ink. Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, designer/artist. Inventory #CD 2719. Collections of and image © the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collections.madparis.fr/projet-de-lit-a-la-polonaise
Projet de console. ca. 1790, before 1825. French. Watercolor on paper with pen and black ink. Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, designer/artist. Inventory #CD 2725. Collections of and image © the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collections.madparis.fr/projet-de-console-16
Décor mural intérieur et mobilier à l’étrusque. ca. 1790, before 1825. French. Watercolor on paper with pen and black ink. Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, designer/artist. Inventory #CD 2718. Collections of and image © the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collections.madparis.fr/decor-mural-interieur-et-mobilier-a-l-etrusque
Projet pour deux ployants.ca. 1790, before 1825. French. Watercolor over pen strokes in black ink on paper glued in full on blue paper, double framed in pen and black ink. Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, designer/artist. Inventory #CD 2729. Collections of and image © the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collections.madparis.fr/projet-pour-deux-ployants
Projet de lit à toile rayée. 1790, before 1825. French. Pen and black ink with watercolor on paper stuck on blue paper, framed in Indian ink. Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, designer/artist. Inventory #CD 2727. Collections of and image © the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collections.madparis.fr/projet-de-lit-a-toile-rayee-7
Projet de chaise “étrusque”. ca. 1790, before 1825. French. Watercolor on paper with pen and black ink. Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, designer/artist. Inventory #CD 2739. Collections of and image © the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collections.madparis.fr/projet-de-chaise-etrusque

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