Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Kabutos, Kabutos and more Kabutos



The Stibbert Museum in Florence Italy founded by half Scotsman, half Italian, Frederick Stibbert was nothing if not eccentric. A sometime artist, intrepid traveler, voracious accumulator, and even hero in Garibaldi's army, he inherited a vast fortune and this villa from his Italian mother. He connected the house to a nearby villa to create an eclectic museum housing his extraordinary collections, including one of the world's largest collections of Japanese Samurai Kabuto. Click the link in our favorites to view some of these beautiful pieces.

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