Musée Bouilhet-Christofle

The Musée Bouilhet-Christofle was a private museum located in the 8th arrondissement at 9, rue Royale, Paris, France. The museum's main collection was located in a Parisian suburb at 112, rue Ambroise Croizat, Saint-Denis, France. The museum closed in 2008.^[1]

The Maison Christofle was founded in 1845 by Charles Christofle (1805-1863), and became silversmith to Napoleon III and one of the major silversmiths in nineteenth-century France. The museum contained more than 2000 items of silver plate and cutlery reflecting the company's history from its founding to the present day. It contained examples of naturalism, Orientalism, Japonism, Art Nouveau, items produced for the universal expositions, Art Deco, etc., and documents a wide range of techniques including electroplating, enameling, and so forth. It also contained displays on the history of silver production, table settings, and table manners.

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↑ "Musée Christofle : c'est fini" (in French). Le Parisien. August 30, 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

Christofle (includes description of the Musée Bouilhet-Christofle)
Paris Visites, Petit Futé, 2007, page 46. ISBN 2-7469-1885-4.
The Silver Bulletin: French Orientalist Silver of the Nineteenth‑Century
Tourisme93 description (French)

8th arrondissement of Paris

Neighbourhoods	Quartier des Champs-Élysées Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule Quartier de la Madeleine Quartier de l'Europe

Primary and secondary schools	Lycée Chaptal Lycée Racine Cours Hattemer Lycée Fénelon Sainte-Marie

Colleges and universities	Intégrale : Institut d'enseignement supérieur privé

Landmarks	Arc de Triomphe Champs-Élysées Grand Palais Élysée Palace Four Seasons Hotel George V Hôtel de Crillon Hôtel de Marigny Hôtel de la Marine La Madeleine Musée Bouilhet-Christofle (closed) Musée Cernuschi Musée Jacquemart-André Musée Nissim de Camondo Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Paris Palais de la Découverte Parc Monceau Petit Palais Pinacothèque de Paris (closed) Place Charles de Gaulle Place de la Concorde Luxor Obelisk Pont Alexandre III Pont de l'Alma Pont de la Concorde Pont des Invalides Royal Monceau Raffles Paris Saint-Augustin, Paris The Scots Kirk, Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Théâtre du Rond-Point

Paris Métro stations	Alma – Marceau Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Concorde Courcelles Europe George V Liège Madeleine Miromesnil Monceau Place de Clichy Rome Saint-Augustin Saint-Lazare Saint-Philippe du Roule Ternes Villiers

SNCF stations	Gare Saint-Lazare

Saint-Denis

Primary and secondary schools	Lycée Bartholdi Lycée Paul Éluard Lycée Suger Lycée d’application de l’E.N.N.A Ensemble scolaire Jean-Baptiste de La Salle et Notre-Dame de la Compassion Collège et lycée Saint-Vincent de Paul

Colleges and universities	Paris 8 University Louis Lumière College

Landmarks	Stade de France Musée Bouilhet-Christofle Basilica of St Denis Tour Pleyel Cité du Cinéma

Paris Métro stations	Carrefour Pleyel Saint-Denis – Porte de Paris Saint-Denis – Université

Paris RER and Transilien stations	Gare de La Plaine-Stade de France Stade de France – Saint-Denis Gare de Saint-Denis

Events	Battle of Saint-Denis (1567) November 2015 Paris attacks

Areas	Le Franc-Moisin

Coordinates: 48°52′4″N 2°19′21″E / 48.86778°N 2.32250°E / 48.86778; 2.32250

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Musée Bouilhet-Christofle

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