Museums & Heritage
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Collector Lionel Fournier talks about Asian art he will leave the museum
Gottfried Matthaes explains that his family fakes gave him the idea
It would be the first to be run as a plc, with works of art as its capital base and private collectors as its shareholders
Vast collections emerge: archaeology, ethnographic and waxworks.
Some of the house's 18th-century furniture has been lent back by the Victoria & Albert Museum but other pieces and paintings integral ot its design have left Britain for good