Musée Nissim de Camondo

   Today we went to discover a small 'museum' right in our quartier on the edge of Parc Monceau.  It was the Musée Nissim de Camondo.  This amazing home was built in 1911 by Moise de Camondo, a very wealthy Parisian banker (originally from Istanbul).  Moise planned to leave the home, filled with his art and furniture collections, to his only son Nissim.  Unfortunately, Nissim died in WWI as a pilot and Moise decided he should gift the whole thing to France.  The home is in the same condition and same arrangements as when Moise died in 1935.  
   On a side note, Moise had a daughter named Beatrice as well.  She was left well off by her father too but preferred a country life spent riding her horses.  During WWII, she, her husband, and two children died in the nazi camps.   What a sad story.

Entrance to Musee Nissim de Camondo

  

La porte du jour

Enormous kitchen, beautifully tiled

That's a grand staircase

Amazing china collection

Loved the bathroom tile.

Between the tub and the bidet was a foot bath.  I'd love to have one of these in Coronado.

The drawing room

My favorite painting
Les Gentilshommes du Duc d'Orleans dans l'habit de Saint-Cloud
by Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux

Moise's bedroom

Sculpture of Beatrice