The Department of Decorative Arts presents a highly varied range of objects, including jewelry, tapestries, ivories, bronzes, ceramics, and furniture. The collection extends from the Middle Ages to the first half of the 19th century.
Decorative Arts
Selected works
Splendors of the French court in the 18th century
From April 26 to July 6, 2008, the Kobe City Museum (Japan) presents a special exhibition co-organized by the Louvre. The exhibition invites visitors to discover the arts at the court of France in the eighteenth century through a selection of artworks from the Louvre collections, including pieces of furniture which used to belong to Queen Marie-Antoinette.
The Louvre collection of Renaissance decorative arts offers visitors an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian innovations, and to their diffusion and assimilation in other European countries.
View many of the 35,000 works on display, and consult the relevant technical information and accompanying commentaries by curators.
Resources
Explore the history of art and civilizations in the sections In-Depth Studies and A Closer Look. The Magazine takes a fresh, unconventional look at the museum and its collections.
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