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=== Decorative arts ===
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The [[Objet d'art|Objets d'art]] collection spans the time from the Middle Ages to the mid-19th&nbsp;century. The department began as a subset of the sculpture department, based on royal property and the transfer of work from the [[Basilique Saint-Denis]], the burial ground of French monarchs that held the ''Coronation Sword of the Kings of France''.<ref name="Nave 130"/>{{R|Mignot|page=451-454}} Among the budding collection's most prized works were [[pietre dure]] vases and bronzes. The Durand collection's 1825 acquisition added "ceramics, enamels, and stained glass", and 800&nbsp;pieces were given by Pierre Révoil. The onset of [[Romanticism]] rekindled interest in [[Renaissance]] and [[Medieval]] artwork, and the Sauvageot donation expanded the department with 1,500&nbsp;middle-age and [[faience|faïence]] works. In 1862, the [[Campana collection]] added gold jewelry and maiolicas, mainly from the 15th&nbsp;and&nbsp;16th&nbsp;centuries.{{R|Mignot|page=451-454}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/presentation_departement.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673211732&CURRENT_LLV_FICHE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673211732&CURRENT_LLV_DEP%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395181114&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500768&bmLocale=en |title=Decorative Arts |publisher=Musée du Louvre |access-date=30 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203074306/http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/presentation_departement.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673211732&CURRENT_LLV_FICHE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673211732&CURRENT_LLV_DEP%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395181114&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500768&bmLocale=en |archive-date=3 December 2007 }}</ref>

The works are displayed on the Richelieu Wing's first floor and in the Apollo Gallery, named by the painter Charles Le Brun, who was commissioned by Louis&nbsp;XIV (the Sun King) to decorate the space in a solar theme. The medieval collection contains the coronation crown of Louis&nbsp;XV, [[Charles V of France|Charles&nbsp;V's]] sceptre, and the 12th&nbsp;century ''porphyry vase''.<ref>Lasko,&nbsp;p.&nbsp;242</ref> The Renaissance art holdings include [[Giambologna]]'s bronze ''Nessus and Deianira'' and the tapestry ''Maximillian's Hunt''.<ref name="Nave 130">Nave,&nbsp;p.&nbsp;130</ref> From later periods, highlights include [[Madame de Pompadour]]'s [[Sèvres]] vase collection and [[Napoleon III of France|Napoleon&nbsp;III]]'s apartments.<ref name="Nave 130"/>

In September 2000, the Louvre Museum dedicated the [[Gilbert R. Chagoury|Gilbert Chagoury]] and Rose-Marie Chagoury Gallery to display tapestries donated by the Chagourys, including a 16th-century six-part tapestry suite, sewn with gold and silver threads representing sea divinities, which was commissioned in Paris for [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay|Colbert de Seignelay]], Secretary of State for the Navy.

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Armoire Louvre OA 6968.jpg|[[Henry II style]] wardrobe; {{c.|1580}}; walnut and oak, partially gilded and painted; height: 2.06 m, width: 1.50 m, depth: 0.60 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/armoire-said-be-hugues-sambin|title=Armoire said to be by Hugues Sambin|author=Barbier Muriel|website=louvre.fr|access-date=12 March 2021|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510192240/https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/armoire-said-be-hugues-sambin|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Musée du Louvre - Département des Objets d'art - Salle 34 -2.JPG|[[Louis XIV style]] cabinet on stand; by [[André Charles Boulle]]; {{c.|1690}}–1710; oak frame, resinous wood and walnut, ebony veneer, tortoiseshell, brass and pewter marquetry, and [[ormolu]]
Commode de la comtesse du Barry (Louvre, OA 11293).jpg|[[Louis XVI style]] commode of [[Madame du Barry]]; 1772; oak frame, veneer of pearwood, rosewood and kingwood, soft-paste [[Manufacture nationale de Sèvres|Sèvres porcelain]], gilded bronze, white marble, and glass; height: 0.87 m, width: 1.19 m, depth: 0.48 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/commode-madame-du-barry|title=Commode of Madame du Barry|author=Barbier Muriel|website=louvre.fr|access-date=12 March 2021|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510181312/https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/commode-madame-du-barry|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Baromètre - thermomètre (Louvre, OA 10545).jpg|Louis XVI style barometer-thermometer; {{c.|1776}}; soft-paste Sèvres porcelain, enamel, and ormolu; height: 1 m, width: 0.27 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/barometer-thermometer?sous_dept=1|title=Barometer-thermometer|author=Catherine Voiriot|website=louvre.fr|access-date=12 March 2021|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510175213/https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/barometer-thermometer?sous_dept=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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