1925-2025 - 100 years of Art Deco - Musée des Arts Décoratifs, L’Orient Express

 

On New Years Eve day I went to 100 years of Art Deco at MAD. It is on till 26 April.

I thought it would be empty. HA!

Love Birds...

Love Birds..., watercolor on paper

This is the week of the Thanksgiving bird, the BIG BIRD. Last July I was nuts for little birds, sparrows in particular. In May I found a Parisien bird to bring home - Piu Piu. So this last trip I went looking again...

Back to the Marais Pylones, to find a friend for Piu Piu in New York..  But somehow these other Piu Pius (French for tweedie Bird) didn't do it for me.
 

There were all manner of silly things to choose from: Bunnies, ducks, cats, elephants. But not my dream bird.

I went to the newly renovated Musée Des Arts Décoratifs. There was "my bird" on the 2nd floor amongst the vintage toys, waiting. Luckily the museum shop had a similar one called Blue Bird made in China.
These two birds hit it off instantly. Piu Piu is magnetic and "Blue Bird" is tin and the rest is history. I used to collect vintage rubber duckies.

Then Rudi, my Belgian Sheepdog, in a weak moment, woolfed them down.

Guess they were like chocolate for him :)