Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg
Coordinates | 48°34′52″N 7°45′08″E / 48.581111°N 7.752222°E |
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Website | en |
The Musée des Arts décoratifs (Museum of Decorative Art) of the city of
Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame
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The collection
After severe damage to the palace by English and American bombing on 11 August 1944, the chambers of the Prince-Bishops were restored little by little to their original condition up until the 1990s and the interior furnishings were rebuilt.
Collections
The chambers have the traditional furnishings of courtly display rooms (
, etc.), all displaying a high degree of craftsmanship as well as artistry.The emphasis of the remainder of the collection is the sometimes remarkably exuberant porcelain creations of the
vermeil
work of the Strasbourg master families of Imlin and Kirstein.
The museum displays elements of the first
References
- ^ Decorative Arts Museum, Strasbourg, www.hautehorlogerie.org/
Literature
- Étienne Martin ISBN 9782351251799
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Musée des Arts décoratifs de Strasbourg.
- Musees-strasbourg.org: official Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg website—(in English)
- Musees-strasbourg.org: Selected works from the Musée des Arts décoratifs collections—(in French)