I was holding my camera aloft to have enough distance and had to use the flash because the room has no window!
The Prints Cabinet, First Floor of the South-East Pavilion of Secretaries of State.
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Prints Cabinet
The Prints Cabinet (or Cabinet des Gravures) is a tiny room in the Work Apartments of the Duchess of Couteau. This room showcases one of the finest examples of 17th century prints in Couteau. Only part of the Duchess's collection is displayed here. The room is never open to the public and the occasions to see it are extremely rare. However, having been working here to supervise the ongoing restoration of the cabinet, I was able to take the following photograph.
I was holding my camera aloft to have enough distance and had to use the flash because the room has no window!
The Prints Cabinet, First Floor of the South-East Pavilion of Secretaries of State.
I was holding my camera aloft to have enough distance and had to use the flash because the room has no window!
The Prints Cabinet, First Floor of the South-East Pavilion of Secretaries of State.
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Quite a secret room indeed.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the access to that room will now be furthermore restricted, both to protect the delicate restored wood paneling and the expensive prints; but also for safety reasons due to the close proximity of sensitive rooms.
Other rooms will be part of an open VIP tour visit in the near future.
Grosse conne!
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Madame la Duchesse, we apologise for the offensive comments which, once again, went through our comment section before we had a chance to intercept them. If such a sad behaviour continues in time, we will have no choice but to open a sheriff's office inquiry.
DeleteI'm glad to hear you plan to organize a visit Ma'am. It's yet another incentive to continue the work in your apartments! As for the prints, nine will be displayed if you agree, all of them in matching gilded frames.
ReplyDeleteNeuf? Putain!
DeleteOn ne peut accrocher que neuf gravures en effet, à cause de la petitesse de la pièce. Mais ne vous inquiétez pas, de nombreuses autres gravures et tableaux seront visibles dans tout l'appartement! Réservez votre place pour la visite!
DeleteIs it true there is a safe behind that mirror???
ReplyDeleteProbably installed by Marie Antoinette to hide some of her jewlery.
It is quite plossible.I think I will know soon enough by just checking myself.
Also why a room with no window? Quite stupid if you ask me haha!
You shouldn't blindly follow the floor plans! Add a window or something you doofus!
It seem to me quite unlikely that Marie Antoinette ever hid something in that room, for it is in a fairly remote part of the palace, quite distant from the Queen's apartments, and it is probable Marie Antoinette never even entered the wing in which this room is situated. As to check yourself if something is hidden, well, we've just learnt a tour of the Duchesse's apartments will be organized quite soon, but I'm not even sure if this room will be open to visitors. Maybe, at the most you'll be able to have a peep of it through a cordoned open door, but that's not even sure. Finally, in the past, when the pavilion was standing on its own, the room which stood in this place had quite probably a window, but all windows on that side of the building disappeared when the wing was added.
DeleteVery charming room.
ReplyDeleteMadame La Duchesse has quite a taste for such fine decors.
Thanks Monica! It's a pleasure indeed to work for the Duchess : we know she'll appreciate all the fine work we do for what it's worth.
DeleteWill you be present for the VIP tour of the apartments of the Duchess?
I am not quite sure yet.I might lead the guided tour if Madame La Duchesse wishes me to do so.
DeleteOh really? Fine!
DeleteOnce again a job well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot your Grace! Some more prints to frame yet, but we hope you'll visit when it's done!
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