While in Paris – Napoleon III’s apartments

Posted by kay on September 8, 2010 2:02 am in other | 57 comments

After a nice meal at the Louvre’s café, we headed back to the rooms with no particular plan. We knew we didn’t have enough time to see everything and we decided we would go quickly through the decorative arts.

One thing that caught our attention though, were the Napoleon III’s apartments. I had heard a lot about those in my decorative arts class, and so we took some time to visit this sumptuous part of the museum.

To say the place is luxurious is an understatement : everywhere is gold, rich colors, shiny accessories, beautiful paintings on the ceiling, detailed carpets… Wherever we looked, something amazed and surprised us.

It’s hard to imagine people actually lived in places like these. It’s a bit too much for my taste, but it definitely leaves you speachless.

This little room was definitely more to my taste ; I just love how the chairs’s backs are shapes like little harps.

And finally, the dining room. I almost have the same.

There’s definitely more to see, but pictures don’t translate the impact all this gold has in reality!

I’ll have maybe a couple more posts on the Louvre and some of the art I loved there, so I hope I’m not boring all of you with those. But after that, I’ll also have pictures to share of other places I visited and loved! There were so many : I believe I just fell in love with Paris!