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9 Musée des Arts
Décoratifs
Palais du Louvre, 107–111 Rue de
Rivoli 75001. Map 12 E2. Tel 01 44 55
57 50. q Palais-Royal, Tuileries.
Open 11am–6pm Tue–Sun (until 9pm
Thu for temporary exhibitions); last
adm 30 min before closing. Library:
Tel 01 44 55 59 36. Open 10am–6pm
Mon–Fri (from 1pm Mon & Thu).
Closed public hols. & 7 8 0 =
∑ lesartsdecoratifs.fr
Spread out over five floors and
100 rooms, this museum is in Lemot’s Restoration group of statues with the gilded figure of Victory
the Palais du Louvre’s western
wing, the Pavillon de Marsan. lovely views over the Jardin Napoleon after his victory at
It offers an eclectic display of des Tuileries. Dual tickets Rivoli, in 1797, this majestic
decorative and ornamental art can be purchased that allow street completed the link
and design from the Middle access to the Musée Nissim de between the Louvre and the
Ages to the present. Among the Camondo too (see pp234–5). Champs-Elysées, and became
highlights are the Art Nouveau an important artery as well
and Art Deco rooms, jewellery as an elegant centre for
and Gallé glass. The doll 0 Arc de Triomphe commerce. The Tuileries walls
collection is remarkable. du Carrousel were replaced by railings and
The Galerie des Bijoux is the whole area opened up.
particularly interesting, with a Pl du Carrousel 75001. Map 12 E2. Today, along the Rue de
huge collection of more than q Palais-Royal. Rivoli, there are makers of
1,300 pieces, from medieval expensive men’s shirts and
brooches to Cartier designs. Built by Napoleon in 1806–8 bookshops towards the Place
The Fashion and Textiles as an entrance to the former de la Concorde, and popular
department houses more than Palais des Tuileries, this vast department stores near
150,000 pieces – costumes, arch’s marble columns are Châtelet and Hôtel de Ville.
accessories and textiles – topped by Grande Armée Angélina’s, at No. 226, is said
spanning from the 3rd century soldiers. They replaced the to serve the best hot chocolate
to the present day. Past Horses of St Mark’s which were in Paris (see p311).
exhibitions have included returned to Venice in 1815.
a tribute to Christian Lacroix,
with a retrospective of his w Jardin des
couture creations. q Rue de Rivoli Tuileries
With a catalogue featuring 75001. Map 11 C1 & 13 A2. q Louvre,
more than 40,000 historic Palais-Royal, Tuileries, Concorde. Pl de la Concorde 75001. Map 12 D1.
posters dating from the 18th Tel 01 40 20 90 43. q Tuileries,
century to 1949, the museum’s The long arcades with their Concorde. Open Apr–May & Sep:
Advertising and Graphic Design shops, topped by Neo-Classical 7am– 9pm; Jun–Aug: 7am–11pm;
department brings together apartments, date back to the Oct–Mar: 7:30am–7:30pm.
thousands of objects linked early 18th century, though
to advertising as well as films. they were only finished in These formal gardens were
The museum’s restaurant offers the 1850s. Commissioned by once the gardens of the old
Palais des Tuileries. They are an
integral part of the landscaped
area running parallel to the
Seine from the Louvre to the
Champs-Elysées and the Arc
de Triomphe.
The gardens were laid out
in the 17th century by André
Le Nôtre, royal gardener to
Louis XIV. Restoration created
an additional garden as well
as filling the entire gardens
with striking sculptures. A
staggering 125,000 plants
The formal gardens of Jardin des Tuileries are replanted annually.

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