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This museum houses some well-known paintings by Chardin, Watteau, Boucher, Drouais,Tiepolo, Wright of Derby, Reynolds, Lawrence and very many charming genre scenes. There is also some wonderful porcelain, statuary, furniture and carpets, all beautifully displayed. The panelling in the first room is from the Chateau d'Eu in Normandy, that in the third room dates from the seventeenth century and is original to the house. From the entrance a clockwise tour takes one round the small, intimate rooms, the contents of which are clearly but discreetly described on a label, up to the attic where display cabinets contain extraordinary objets d'art: a perfume pistol, toilet articles, inlaid boxes, sewing cases, cigar cutters and wrought metalwork scissors. A visit here offert the experience of being transported back two centuries ago to a house whose occupants have mometarily left. The museum has a charming, intimate atmosphere. |