![]() Plan of the petit appartement de la reine ca. 1740 | |
Key to the plan of the petit appartement de la reine | |
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1 | escalier |
2 | service de la reine |
3 | valet du roi |
4 | passage |
5 | cabinet de la chaise |
6 | oratoire |
7 | petite galerie (cabinet des chinois ; laboratoire) |
8 | pièce des bains |
9 | grand cabinet intérieur |
10 | arrière cabinet |
11 | terrasse |
12 | escalier de la reine |
A-F | grand appartement de la reine |
a | ancien appartement de la marquise de Maintenon |
b | appartement du roi |
I | cour de Monseigneur |
II | cour de Monsieur |
The petit appartement de la reine (French: [pɛˈtit‿apaʁtəˈmɑ̃dəlaʁɛn]) is a suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles. These rooms, situated behind the grand appartement de la reine, and which now open onto two interior courtyards, were the private domain of the queens of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, Marie Leszczyńska, and Marie Antoinette, as well as of Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy as dauphine.
The rooms in the petit appartement de la reine have been restored to the condition in which they were left when Marie Antoinette left Versailles on 6 October 1789, and while the rooms are mostly Louis XVI style, some parts are Louis XV style, or Rococo, like the fireplace mantel found in the supplément de la bibliothèque, or the centre table in the cabinet de la Méridienne, as well as the mantel clock in the billiard room.
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