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Musee Cognacq-Jay, Paris, France : Reviews of Musee Cognacq-Jay - Yahoo! Travel Built in 1575, the hotel Donon (private mansion) houses works of art, pieces of furniture, tapestries and sculptures collected by Ernest Cognacq and his wife L... travel.yahoo.com
Musée Cognacq-Jay | Museum/Attraction Review | Paris | Frommers.com The founders of La Samaritaine department store, Ernest Cognacq and his wife, Louise Jay, were fabled for their exquisite taste. To see what they accumulated from around the world, head for this museum in the 16th-century Hôtel Denon, with its Louis XV and Louis XVI paneled rooms. Some of the ... frommers.com
Paris Muse :: The Cognacq-Jay Museum The Cognacq-Jay's collection is now beautifully installed in four floors of the restored Hôtel Donon. It doesn't take a big leap of the imagination to see and feel what daily home life for members of the ancien régime must have been like before the Revolution—luxuriating in a Louis XVI chair cov... parismuse.com
Cognacq-Jay museum in the 3rd Arrondissment in Paris was born on the Isle de Ré in 1839. He had intended to train to go to sea, but his father dies when he was 11, and his family could no longer afford to educate him. He walked to Paris to get work. After being rejected a few times he found work in a shop, and started to learn the trade and sav... ssa.paris.online.fr
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