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After
the death of the heirless Prince Andrea Boncompagni
in 1972, his widow Blanceflor De Bildt decided to donate
to the a small villa in eclectic style, dating back
to the beginning of the twentieth century situated in
the street of the same name, which was to be used as
a centre for cultural activity to the Italian State.
This
request was disregarded for many years and the building
at first was almost granted to Portugal, then
it was restored to the heirs who reclaimed the property
in case the opening of the centre would be further delayed.
The building's
use a museum was only decided at the beginning
of the '90S. It was therefore renovated for the occasion
(as illustrated by the permanent exhibition situated
inside the stables), and it has housed the first
Italian collection entirely dedicated to the decorative
arts since 1995.
Objects
of art and of architectural ornamentation,
fashion, costume and design from
the end of the XVIII century until today (the result
of the addition to the initial nucleus of donations
of works by artists such as Ernesto Basile,
Galileo Chini, Duilio Cambellotti,
Felice Castrati, Leoncillo) are displayed
in rotation in thematic exhibitions in the same manner
of the Cooper Herwitt Museum in New York.
The
collection, which will be supported by a central
national archive of images of the heritage of decorative
art, includes artistic glass windows,
ceramic pots, wooden boxes and famous
chairs; the main attraction is, however, the splendid
crib from the time of Umberto I, built in 1901
in massive silver and bronze gilt by
Giulio Monteverde as commissioned by the City
of Rome which donated it to the monarchs Elena
and Vittorio Emanuele III on occasion
of the birth of their first child lolanda.
Thanks
to donations and to loans from designers such as
Galitzine, Gattinoni, the Fontana sisters,
Valentino and Lancetti the museum
also acts as an archive of haute couture displaying
the evolution of costume and tailoral
sartorial techniques.
Information
and Addresses
Address
Via Boncompagni, 18
Visiting
Hours Every day from 8-30 am to no pm Closed Monday,
Dec. 25, Jan. 1, May 1
Telephone
06 42824074; Fax 06 32298430
Price
Free admission
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