Museum of Decorative Arts

We tried our best to get to a park on the outskirts of town today, it being so hot and all. But, alas, the transfer we chose for our Metro (from the 11 to the 7bis) was inhabited only by three very lively homeless men. No harm was intended, but we decided to cut our losses and get back on the 11 and head to the Museum of Decorative Arts.

And we are glad we did so.

What an amazing collection of furniture dating from the early 19th century through the 2000's. Isabella's favorite was the 60's and 70's becuase of the shapes and colors. I leaned more towards the 40's and 50's.

There was a small exhibit where you could sit on some of the chairs (see at left) and they showed a movie with lots of clips from French movies that had fantastic decor displayed.

The museum also has a toy collection and a two floors of fashion. The fashion included a lot of early 80's French designer's pieces, which was shown in front of fashion show video footage. It was really interesting and Isabella got to see real pieces up close.

She also really enjoyed the 1800's exhibit poster lithographs that were on display.

Really, so far, I think we found this to be one of our favorite spots.