Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris
Wednesday, 15 October 2014 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Paris / Île-de-France
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The Musée Nissim de Camondo is an elegant house museum of French decorative arts located in the Hôtel Camondo, 63, rue de Monceau, at the edge of the
Parc Monceau , in the
8th arrondissement of
Paris .
The mansion was built in 1911 by the Comte Moïse de Camondo , a banker, with architect René Sergent , to set off his collection of eighteenth-century French furniture and art objects. Its design was patterned upon the Petit Trianon at Versailles , though with modern conveniences. Both house and collections were bequeathed to Les Arts Décoratifs in honour of his son, Nissim de Camondo , killed in World War I, and opened as a museum in 1935.
Secretaire a Cylindre by Jean-Francois Oeben © Daderot
The house’s furnishings include needlepoint chairs and work by artisans of the
Garde Meuble Royal (Royal Furniture Repository) such as
Jean-François Oeben ,
Jean Henri Riesener , and
Georges Jacob . Floors are furnished with Savonnerie carpets woven in 1678 for the
Grande Galerie in the
Louvre , and walls accented with tapestries (many
Beauvais or
Aubusson ), and paintings including portraits by
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun , landscapes by
Guardi and
Hubert Robert and hunting scenes by
Jean-Baptiste Oudry . Table setting are of particular interest, especially the Orloff silver dinner service commissioned by
Catherine II of Russia from silversmith
Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers in 1770, and the Buffon porcelain services made at
Sèvres in the 1780s with a bird theme. Other notable objects include a bust by
Jean-Antoine Houdon J, bas-reliefs, Chinese vases, and crystal chandeliers.
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