Leslie and Laura tried on new swimming suits! I think that they look great but the ladies chose not to purchase them. The Musee des Arts Decoratifs is a very odd sort of museum. First of all it was sprawling. It was on floors 3 - 9 of a very large building. It contained a variety of collections that have little overlap from collection to collection but a very extensive amount of items within each collection. An example of this is the collection of Second Empire goods. With the rise of a new gentry after the revolution the French became enamored with all things from the orient. There were not enough genuine artifacts to meet the demand so new items were manufactured in Japan and China to meet this demand. They had hundreds of items that were in this style from ceramics, glassware to furniture. Then the collection next room would be from another period entirely. There was another wing for photographs, one for modern furniture, one for old Daguerreotype photographs.
This Rhino horn was made of composite materials so no one will steal it
There was no explanation of this. Is this guy shaking his fist at God for giving him some sort of pox
Death is tired of waiting
Skinny dog in bronze
Ivory carved and lined up to tell a story of pillaging
Is this head on a pole or has he dislocated his vertebrae?
Scary beastie
The wood carving is something else
Only the devil can pull off a snake jock strap
Leslie is auditioning for the "Price is Right" here behing door number two
Ceramic Pickles in the display with ceramic eggplants, olives, figs....
If a cherub has wings why does he need to harness a moth who also has wings?
Wooden inlay like I have never seen
Some sort of wheel chair
The crank drives the wheels
A complete mystery. Is this an ivory pill case holding pills for gout?
Dragons from the extensive second Empire collection
Girl with dog
Chickens of the world unite and we will rule the world
Napoleon II throne
Yes, the layout was a bit confusing. The signs did not help much
Snake tea anyone?
This was four feet tall and two feet wide
Snake biting a lizard biting a snake
Courtiers that cant handle their opium
Jesus of the Hardware Store
From the jewelry collection
The way these were displayed was amazing. The room was darkened and the pieces were light up individually
So cool and each item was intricate and beautiful
Is it a sea shell?
A comb for your hair
Deco dude!
Woot hoot, show the girls!
Emeralds in the raw form
More gems
Some of the old photographs.
Fashion related pictures
