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Article: From Paris to Portland. (Current and Coming).(collections from Musee des Arts Decoratifs on tour)(Brief Article)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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Founded in the nineteenth century, the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the world and ranks among the foremost private museums in France. The collections encompass more than 250,000 objects dating from the Middle Ages to the present and represent a wide variety of mediums including silver, furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, jewelry, and wallpapers. There are comprehensive subcollections such as walking sticks, thimbles, minute ivory skulls, Chinese cloisonne enamel vessels, Oriental carpets, and Persian miniatures. Then there are period rooms designed by Emile Galle, Armand Albert Rateau, and other well-known figures ...
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