Itinerary

• Introduction

Middle Ages / Renaissance

• The Altarpiece Gallery
• International Gothic
• A bedroom from the late fifteenth century
• Friezes from the castle of Vélez Blanco
• The Early Italian Renaissance
• Ceramics, glass and enamels from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century
• Intarsia
• The Late Renaissance

Seventeenth / eighteenth centuries

• The Architectural vocabulary of the seventeenth century
• Arabesques and grotesques
• Ceiling from the Hôtel de Verrüe, c. 1720
• Acanthus and scrolls
• Carving, adornment and display cabinet with glassware
• Geometric parquetry designs (frisage)
• The gilt study from the Hôtel de Rochegude in Avignon, c. 1720
• Hangings and upholstery
• Rococo
• Chinoiserie
• À la capucine wood paneling, c. 1730
• The Cabinet des Fables
• The return to classical sources
• Toward the Etruscan style
• Memory and travel
• The evolution of seating, 1700-1800
• From soft-paste to hard-paste porcelain
• Mahogany
• Bronze and silverware
• The Talairac drawing room, c. 1790
• The drawing room of the Hôtel de Serres, c. 1795
• The Salon des Boiseries

The nineteenth century

• The beau idéal: a style for the Empire
• Fine tableware during the reign of Napoleon I
• The Symbols of Imperial Power
• The Duchesse de Berry and Charles X furniture
• Restoration taste
• A Louis-Philippe style bedroom (1836-1840)
• The Romantic period
• A Second Empire drawing room
• Eclecticism
• The neo-Renaissance
• The splendors of courtesans
• A dining room by Eugène Grasset, 1880
• Japanism

Art nouveau / Art déco

• Wood-paneled drawing room, 1900
• Artifacts of the early 1900s
• Art Nouveau
• Nature: a source of inspiration
• Louis Majorelle: a major figure of the École de Nancy
• The founding principles of Art Deco
• Jeanne Lanvin’s apartment, designed by Armand-Albert Rateau, 1924-1925
• A dining room by Louis Süe and André Mare, 1920-1921
• The Exposition Internationale du MAD et Industriels Modernes, Paris 1925
• Art Deco: Modernity and Tradition
• Manager’s office, 1930

Design Collections

• Digital Humanism
• Philippe Stark, Design for all
• A new Japan
• Prisunic, a Store Serving the Everyday
• Italian Design
• Steph Simon, the Galerie Rive Gauche
• Poetic Materials
• Jean Dubuffet
• Jean Prouvé at the Cité Universitaire d’Antony
• At the table with Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier
• Sitting, The Library of Chairs
• Elementary Forms
• Avatars of the Container
• Jean Royère, Yesterday and Today
• Modern Children
• The International Scene
• It’s your turn
• The arrival of Plastics
• Memphis
• Dreams and Fantasies

Thematic Gallery

• The Gallery des Bijoux The Galerie des Bijoux at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs features a display of some 1200 pieces that provide an exemplary overview of the history of jewelry from the Middle Ages to the present day. Organized chronologically, the exhibits include rings, necklaces, bracelets and brooches, alongside (...)