History Visit Important figures Information History Visit Important figures Information History Visit Important figures Information L L L English Two important figures at Aulteribe Glossary Aulteribe George Onslow (1784-1853) Bartizan: an overhanging turret on a façade

for defence purposes. août 2008. Néo-Typo, château George Onslow, a composer from the Auvergne Bellevue château: built from 1748 for the region of English origin, used to visit Aulteribe Marquess of Pompadour, on the heights of Medieval and Romantic impression impression when he was famous between 1833 and 1852. Meudon to the west of Paris. It no longer At the same time, Henriette, the composer’s exists and its rich collection of furniture has From old fortified castle to pleasure daughter, the Marquise de Pierre, decided been dispersed. residence to embark on restoring the château in the Cartel d’applique: a clock on a base, fixed to et cætera. Caractères Romantic style, and began to collect old the wall. Aulteribe château was traduction furniture and works of art. Damask: a single colour fabric with a matt built in the latter half of pattern on a shiny background produced by the fourteenth century, Henri de Pierre (1871-1954) the weaving technique. and around 1450, was Freize: marquetry with geometric patterns. passed on successively The De Pierre family came from Le Velay and Marie-Hélène Forestier. Highlight: a strip of contrasting colour to bring to the aristocratic moved to Aulteribe in the late eighteenth century. Aulteribe out a moulding or ornament. in 1794 La Fayette family and Joseph de Pierre (1808-1885) was elected réalisation Persian: made from silk fabric. the Beaufort Montboissier Canilhac family. In member of parliament for Le Puy-de-Dôme Turret roof: a small cylindrical construction the mid-seventeenth century, it became the in 1852 and 1857. with a conical roof. property of the Montagus who sold it to Henri de Pierre (1871-1954), the managing Anders. Plein Sens, Jacques de Pierre in 1775. director of the French National Stud Farm, Practical information From 1833 onwards, this family embarked on a inherited Aulteribe in 1898. His wife, Antonia conception major transformation of the monument, giving de Smet de Nayer, founded the Belgian League Average length of visit: 1 hour Aulteribe its present-day look. The château, for the Protection of Birds (LBPO) in 1922. Tours suitable for disabled visitors.

Tout pour plaire. Tout which was opened to the public in 1965, A large part of the Marquis de Pierre’s exhibited the de Pierre family’s finest pieces of correspondence has been kept at the château.

illustration furniture. The display was changed in 2006 The Centre des monuments nationaux publishes a collection of guidebooks about French monuments translated into several to give the home a more private feel. languages. Éditions du Patrimoine publications are on sale in the bookshop-giftshop. One of the best furnished chateaux

Centre des monuments nationaux in France Château d’Aulteribe 63120 Sermentizon The legacy in 1954 stated that the Marquis tél. 04 73 53 14 55 fax 04 73 53 14 21 de Pierre’s exceptional collection of furniture was to be used “for the artistic education of www.monuments-nationaux.fr visitors”. When the château was opened to the A. Lonchampt © Centre des monuments nationaux, Paris. nationaux, des monuments Lonchampt © Centre A. public in 1965, the monument was presented in such a way as to restore the feel of the home of

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first floor An inhabited château 6 The small blue bedroom. There are many souvenirs and portraits of the de Pierre, Onslow 1 The green room, which was restored and fitted and Barral families on the walls. The writing in seventeenth-century style, was designed around desk decorated with knotted bouquets on a the French-style sculpted wood fireplace. It holds rosewood background is the work of a 2-door panel cabinet made of stained pear tree Jean-Baptiste Fromageau. 4 7 The long bedroom is furnished in Louis XVI N 5 wood, with marquetry decoration and three outstanding paintings: an Adoration of the style. There is a large collection of prints, mainly Shepherds by the Gerrit van Honthorst school, of the gardens of the château de Versailles, 3 6 The Temptation of Christ by the Bologna school covering the wall opposite the fireplace. 8 The red bedroom, with crimson damask wall 7 and a portrait of Monseigneur de Saint-Albin * by Hyacinthe Rigaud. hangings, has a dappled mahogany roll-top desk 2 and a landscape attributed to Hubert Robert. 8 2 The fitting out of the great hall inspired the 11 painting by Georges Claude in 1886. On the wall On the mantelpiece, there is a pair of large opposite the windows, there are five tapestries five-branched candlesticks either side of an showing peasant life in the cantons of Teniers. elegant white marble Louis XVI clock, which 9 Beyond them, Harvest and Planting the orange is the period of all the furniture in the room. 10 tree are the work of Leyniers. Of note among the 9 The yellow room is dedicated to the memory 1 pieces of furniture here are the black lacquered of the composer George Onslow. two-door wardrobe profiled on three sides, the 10 The father’s bedroom. To the left of the game table, made by Cramer, a bergère armchair fireplace there is a Theodor Van Thulden and an armchair with the rare Bovo stamp mark painting depicting a Harmony and marriage and the Pleyel piano which belonged to the allegory and a cartel d’applique* wall clock The Romantic restoration composer George Onslow. above the door. 3 The small drawing room, with its charm and 11 The gallery. This long gallery of paintings is On the instruction of Joseph and Henriette intimacy, contrasts sharply with the solemnity of furnished with a large collection of Gothic and de Pierre, the square-shaped château featuring the great hall. It has two water-green Louis XV Renaissance chests and caned seats bearing the four towers underwent major alterations from corner bookcases with blue highlights* and a Meunier and Cresson stamps. Three paintings 1833 onwards. A new façade was built, which rosewood freize* cornerpiece with an amaranth are of particular note: a copy of the portrait of was decorated with machicolations and a frame, from Bellevue château*. Henri IV by Frans II Pourbus, Richelieu by bartizan* opening above a Gothic doorway. The 4 The large summer bedroom, with its imposing Philippe de Champaigne and an old-style Eastern curtain wall was raised and repositioned, Polish-style bed, has large tentered Persian* landscape by Hubert Robert. with a square tower placed alongside it. The wall hangings. There is a small occasional table southern residential building was extended, inlaid with mahogany, made by Topino, a low with a corner tower and turret roof* added. All cylindrical cooling unit stamped Canabas, and the rooms were redone around the inner a marquetry work table stamped Pierre Migeon. courtyard with a covered gallery. The château 5 Uncle René’s bedroom holds the souvenirs was then in a fit state to house the Pierre and brought back from René de Pierre’s trips to Onslow families’ furniture and artefacts; these Africa. A tent has been reproduced to create collections were continually added to until the the exotic atmosphere that was fashionable in end of the nineteenth century. the nineteenth century.

*Explanations overleaf.