From period rooms to hand-carved chairs, the best furniture on display We?re constantly on the lookout for the world?s most beautiful buildings, from jaw-dropping historic theaters to brand-new libraries that make both bibliophiles and architecture lovers swoon.
In honor of Furniture Week?our celebration of sofas, side tables, and everything in between?we?re turning our gaze to the decorative arts and exploring the best furniture collections around the world.
The decorative arts focus on the design and manufacture of beautiful objects that are also functional. Museums like the Liang Yi Museum in Hong Kong and the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo have stunning furniture collections that show how decor and design have changed over the centuries in specific regions of the world. Other museums?like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York?feature a vast collection of furniture that spans both continents and time pet.
The most impressive decorative arts museums transport you to a time and place, whether it?s through an accurately reconstructed period room or just by staring in awe at a hand-carved cabinet from the 1600s. To pay homage to these impressive temples of design, we?ve rounded up 15 of the best permanent museum furniture collections in the world.
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs in France
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