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The museum collection was founded in 1905 by members of the Union des Arts décoratifs ("Union of Decorative Arts"). The architect was Gaston Redon. It houses and displays furniture, interior design, altarpieces, religious paintings, objets d'arts, tapestries, wallpaper, ceramics and glassware, plus toys from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin (Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin), Germany Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze), Czech Republic National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History , Dublin, Ireland
The first museum was called Musée d'Art ancien. The museum was obliged to close during World War II, and in 1940, the collections were crated and stored in the cellars of the Musée des Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts Museum). On 2 July 1955, the museum reopened to the public as the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Decorative Arts Museum). In 1984, the ...
In the 19th century, many of the pieces of furniture migrated again, sold by British aristocrats to wealthy Americans. Extensive collections are found today in the Museum of Decorative Arts and Louvre in Paris; the Wallace Collection and Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the Metropolitan Museum in New York; and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Decorative arts: Decorative arts made of silver Petit Palais: 8th: Art (VP) Paintings, sculpture, Ancient Greek and Roman art, Renaissance art and artifacts, 17th, 18th and 19th century art and artifacts, art from the Western and Eastern Christian worlds, engravings and drawings, photography Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine: 4th ...
The nearest Paris Métro stops are Villiers and Monceau on Line 2. The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau describes the museum as housing "a spectacular collection of French decorative art from the second half of the 18th century. Admire Aubusson tapestries, canvases by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun or items that once belonged to Marie-Antoinette.
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection is a collection of objets d'art formed by the English-born businessman Sir Arthur Gilbert, who made most of his fortune in the property business in California. After initially becoming interested in silver, he assembled a large collection of decorative arts, which he gave the British nation in 1996.
Ink pot, unknown French maker, c.1835-1850, patinated bronze, and porcelain buckets, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris Ceremonial box for the wedding of Helene von Mecklenburg to Prince Ferdinand Philippe , by Fossin & Fils, 1837, gilt silver, malachite and enamel, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany