It starts with the art of the Baroque, in all its exuberance, as expressed in sculpture, religious objects and the richly decorated furniture and rooms.

The succeeding gallery is furnished as a salon, with monumental oak panelling in Regency style. The central and wall display cases contain a selection of fine caskets and snuffboxes of French and German manufacture, as well as beautiful items of Tournai porcelain.

Entering into the next gallery, the visitor finds Brussels tapestries designed by Jan van Orley (1665-1735), as well as French furniture from the transitional period between the Louis XV and the Louis XVI styles.

A little further are Namur cupboards and two small Liège suites, as well as luxurious and refined eighteenth-century table silverware, accompanied by candleholders, fans and miniatures.

The gallery housing the Louis XVI furniture is given colour by five, large Chinese paintings. The suite of gilded wood in Directory style reflects the fascination developing at the time for Egyptian art. The whole is rounded off with a few notable examples of Empire furniture made by the Brussels cabinetmaker Jean-Joseph Chapuis (1765-1864).