Salon des Huets, Musée Nissim de Camondo (1911) *

Artist/Designer: various artists

Project Location: France

Figure 1: Marlena. History of Decorative Arts & Design, Graduate Student at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Institution. “Salon des Huets-Musée Nissim de Camondo ( Photographer: Matute, Marlena )

Figure 2: Marlena. History of Decorative Arts & Design, Graduate Student at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Institution. “Salon des Huets-Musée Nissim de Camondo ( Photographer: Matute, Marlena )

Figure 3: Marlena. History of Decorative Arts & Design, Graduate Student at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Institution. “Salon des Huets-Musée Nissim de Camondovaro ( Photographer: Matute, Marlena )

Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical

Primary Material(s):
Wood, Paint, Textile, Fabric, Stone

Function(s):
Residential Structure, Exhibition

Related Website(s):

http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/francais/nissim-de-camondo/l-hotel-et-les-collections/parcours-132/rez-de-chaussee-haut/le-salon-des-huet/

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/travel/a-parisian-trip-to-the-1700-s.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

Musee Nissim de Camondo - General Information | Accessed : November 5, 2018

Rene Sergent - Architect Information | Accessed : November 5, 2018

Significant Date(s):
18th Century, 1911, 1936

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Fallowell, Duncan. "Beauty and Terror." New Statesman 137, no. 4901 (2008): 56.
Judy Fayard. "Camondo Museum of 18th-Century Art, Refurbished." Wall Street Journal (Brussels), 1995.
Legrand-Rossi, Sylvie, and Sophie D’aigneaux Le Tarnec. "L’aménagement Du Musée Nissim De Camondo Et Le Respect Du Testament Du Comte Moïse De Camondo, 1936-2014." In Situ, no. 29 (2016): In Situ, 06/22/2016, Issue 29.

Building Address: 63 Rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris, France

Significant Dates: Construction Date Finished (1911)
Museum Established (1936)

Supporting Staff/ Designers:
Comte Moïse de Camondo (Client)
René Sergent (Architect)
Jean-Baptiste Huet (Artist/Painter)
Moïse de Camondo (Artist/Carpenter)
Jean-François Oeben (Artist/Cabinet Maker)
Jean-Baptiste Boulard (Artist/Carpenter)
Pierre-Josse Perrot (Textile Artist)

Tags: Decorative Arts, Furniture Design, Textile Design

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