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three rooms, only fragments of the ceiling decoration of the Grand cabinet have survived; no evidence regarding the decoration of the oratory or the petit cabinet has been found. See Nicole
Reynaud and Jacques Villain, "Fragments retrouvés de la décoration du Grand Appartement de la Reine Marie-Thérèse", Revue du Louvre, #4-5 (1970): 231-238.
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Owing to the construction of the Hall of
Mirrors – the central project of Louis XIV’s 3rd building campaign – and the death of Marie-Thérèse in 1683, the grand cabinet, the oratory, and the petit cabinet were destroyed for the construction of the Hall of Mirrors and the Salon de la paix. Of these
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Grand cabinet – this room was transformed into the Salon des nobles. Following the tradition established by her predecessor, Marie
Antoinette would hold formal audiences in this room. When not used for formal audiences, the salon des nobles served as an antechamber to the Queen's
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Chambre de la reine – this room was used as the Queen's bedroom and was of exceptional splendour. On the night of 6/7 October 1789, Marie
Antoinette fled from the Paris mob by escaping through a private corridor that connected her apartment with that of the
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Antichambre – this room was transformed into the antichambre du grand couvert. It was in this room that the King, Queen and other members of the royal family dined in public. Occasionally, this room served as a theatre for the
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and later to Paris. In 1722, Louis XV reinstalled the court at
Versailles and began modifications to the château's interior. Among the most noteworthy of the building projects during Louis XV's reign, the redecoration of the
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The Queen's bedchamber. There is a barely discernible hidden door in the corner near the jewel cabinet by
Schwerdfeger (1787) through which Marie Antoinette escaped the night of 5/6 October 1789 when the Paris mob stormed
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Versailles immortalisé par les merveilles parlantes des bâtimens, jardins, bosquets, parcs, statues et vases de marbre qui sont dans les châteaux de
Versailles, de Trianon, de la MĂ©nagerie et de Marly
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With the creation of this room, a new chapel – the château’s third – was built in the adjacent room to the east. In 1682, when the third chapel was built (where the
339:, but women contributed to the decoration of these rooms. Most notable of these ladies would be Madeleine de Boulogne, who painted the over-door painting in the
279:, later Louis XVI, she took up residence in these rooms. Upon Louis XVI's ascension to the throne in 1774, Marie Antoinette ordered major redecoration of the
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Versailles d'après les sources inédites étude sur les origines et les premières transformations du château et des jardins
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came to include a suite of seven enfilade rooms on the main floor in the left wing with an arrangement that mirrored almost exactly the
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Archétype et symbole dans le style Louis XIV versaillais: réflexions sur l'imago rex et l'imago patriae au début de l'époque moderne
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Guillou, Jean-Claude (December 1983). "Le château-neuf ou enveloppe de Versailles: concept et evolution du premier projet".
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style, which prevailed from the death of Louis XIV through to 1732 (with the decoration of the Salon de la princesse at the
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Le
Chateau de Versailles sous Louis XV : recherches sur l'histoire de la cour et sur les travaux des batiments du roi
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as it had been used by Marie-Thérèse and Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy were removed and a new, more modern decor was installed.
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The decoration of this room was an important expression in French interior design. It heralded the transition from the
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Le Guillou, Jean-Claude (July–August 1986). "Le Grand et le Petit Appartement de Louis XIV au château de Versailles".
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Josephson, Ragnar (1926). "Relation de la visite de Nicodème Tessin à Marly, Versailles, Rueil, et St-Cloud en 1687".
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likewise depicted heroines from the antique past and harmonized with the general theme of a particular room's decor.
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186:(Queen's staircase), which corresponded (albeit a smaller, though similarly decorated example) to the
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La description du chateau de Versailles, de ses peintures, et d'autres ouvrages fait pour le roy
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to serve as a music room. In 1770, when the Austrian archduchess Marie Antoinette married the
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Salle de gardes – corresponding to the salon de Mars in the King's grand apartment
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Petit cabinet – corresponding to the salon de Vénus in the King's grand apartment
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Chambre – corresponding to with the salon d’Apollon in the King's grand apartment
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Antichambre – corresponding to the salon de Mercure in the King's grand apartment
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Kimball, Fiske (1946). "Unknown Versailles: The appartement du Roi, 1678-1701".
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On an interesting note, not only were women depicted in the decoration of the
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Versailles au temps de Louis XIV: Mansart et Robert de Cotte
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