18th June - 8th November 2015

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Contents

Press release 4

The Ehibition 7

The Trianon 8 The Marble Trianon under Louis XIV 10

The Grand Trianon in the 18th century 12 The Grand Trianon under 14 The Grand Trianon under Louis-Philippe 16 The Grand Trianon museum 18

History of the Grand Trianon 21

Timeline 22

Partners 28

The sponsors 29 The media partners 30

Appendices 33

The Trianon application 34 Practical information 35 Press release

The Grand Trianon from Louis XIV to 18th June - 8th November 2015 Grand Trianon

In parallel with the restoration work on the Grand Trianon, started in January 2015, the is holding an exhibition that will trace the history of the Palace from its construction up to 1960. Plans, engravings and drawings evoke the history of the alterations and changes made to the building, while busts and portraits depict those who lived in it.

The Grand Trianon: a private palace for the seat of power

Situated in the north-west corner of the park of the Palace of Versailles, on land that once belonged to a village purch ased by Louis XIV, the current Grand Trianon sits on the site of an initial palace built in 1670 by : the Porcelain Trianon. Th is small palace was designed mainly as a venue for the romantic relations between Louis XIV and the Marquise de Montesp an, and got its name from the 'Chinese-st yle' blue and white porcelain that covered it. It was dest royed in 1687 and replaced by the Marble Trianon, later called the Grand Trianon, which remains today. Th e building was the work of Jules Hardouin-Mansart and was given the name 'Marble' because of the Rance marble columns on the portico and the red Languedoc marble pilast ers decorated with white Carrara marble capitals. Th e Grand Trianon was Louis XIV's private est ate and a palace for leisure, where he entertained the ladies of the court with shows and parties. It has retained its 17th-century decoration, wood panelling and paintings depict ing the Metamorphoses of Ovid, in perfect harmony with the light ambience of this country house. Press contacts

Hélène Dalifard The Grand Trianon was relatively little used by Louis XV, who nevertheless sp ent a while Aurélie Gevrey living there with the Marquise de Pompadour. During the its collect ions were Elsa Martin Violaine Solari disp ersed. In 1804 it became the Imperial Palace, when Napoleon rest ored its lust re and fully +33 (0)1 30 83 75 21 refurnished it for his marriage with the Empress Marie-Louise. Th e palace was inhabited for the presse@ch ateauversailles.fr last time by King Louis-Philippe, who housed his entire family there and somewhat modifi ed the building to make it more comfortable. It was turned into a museum at the end of the 19th century All the images of the th exhibiton available at and fi lled with various motley object s, and it was only in the 20 century that the Grand Trianon presse.ch ateauversailles.fr regained its sp lendour and hist orical furnishings. Most recently, the birth of the French 5th Republic const ituted a turning point for this est ate, transforming it into a presidential residence dest ined to host foreign Heads of State. 5

Curator The exhibition

Jérémie Benoît, Head A collection of plans, engravings and drawings reveal the modifi cations and ch anges made Curator at the Palace of Trianon to the Grand Trianon over the course of hist ory. Painted mast erpieces from Trianon, commissioned in 1688 by Louis XIV or in 1811 by Napoleon, and portraits of those who lived in the Palace recreate Layout the atmosp here of smaller rooms centred around furniture designed for intimacy, like for example the Emperor's pedest al surrounded by the ch airs from the Hall of Mirrors, or the ch air belonging to Jérôme Dumoux Princess Clémentine d’Orléans, the daughter of Louis-Philippe. Fascinating object s such as the recently rest ored ivory kiosk by Barrau and the vase of the Imperial Hunt by Swebach embellish the exhibition. Th ree desk ch airs very similar in form are sp read throughout the exhibition: two were used by Napoleon and the third belonged to General De Gaulle. Th ey are symbolic of the permanent presence of power in the palace of Trianon and forerun the second part of the exhibition that will be held in 2016, and will be devoted to the hist ory of the Grand Trianon from 1960 to today.

During the 1960s and thanks to André Malraux, Minist er for Culture at the time, General de Gaulle decided to launch an extensive programme to renovate the palace in terms of its hist orical furnishings, aiming to transform it into a presidential residence for the needs of the French 5th Republic. Th e future exhibition will use various items and memories from the fi rst President of the 5th Republic to review the major role played by Trianon in international relations. From the 1960s to the 1990s the palace, which at the time host ed visitors to in one wing, and housed the French President in Trianon-sous-Bois, was the location of grand and sumptuous receptions. Aft er many years, in 2014, the tradition was renewed when the President of the Republic François Hollande received the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, for a private dinner.

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Part I

The exhibition 8

Part I — Th e exhibition The Porcelain Trianon

Trianon was named after a small medieval village which was bought by Louis XIV and knock ed down in 1688, in order to incorporate it into the est ate of Versailles to build gardens there. Quick ly enamoured of the location, where he liked to walk, the King asked the arch itect Louis Le Vau to build a small palace in honour of his mist ress the Marquise de Montesp an.

The elegance of the building enraptured his contemporaries st raight away. Designed in the 'Chinese st yle', both the central pavilion and its four smaller, secondary pavilions were covered with blue and white faience and decorated with colourful sculptures, also in faience. Th is harmony of colour was also found in the interior decoration and carried on into the garden where the coping and bottoms of the fountains were covered with the same material. Th is fantast ical decoration quick ly earned the little palace the name 'Porcelain Trianon'.

BUST OF LOUIS XIV 1638 - 1715 Designed by Antoine Coysevox The interior layout contained two chambers (1640-1720) called the Amours Room and the Diana Room Marble on either side of a lounge-vest ibule. Th e decoration was luxurious. Th e furniture was supplied by Bought by Louis-Philippe in 1844 Musée national des ch âteaux de the cabinet-maker Pierre Gole. It is very likely that a small ivory table with blue and white 'verny', Versailles et de Trianon conserved in the J.Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, is a vest ige of the palace. Th e silks in the bedrooms were supplied by Duc, Monsollier and Le Roux. Th e interior decoration and the roofs were the work of the sculptors Le Hongre, Mazeline, Legros, Houzeau and Caffi éri.

However, the real charm of the estate lay in its gardens, thanks to whose lavishness the palace was quick ly nick named the 'Palace of Flora'. Placed under the management of Mich el III Le Bouteux, nephew of André Le Nôtre, the Porcelain Trianon's gardens formed without a doubt a whole kingdom of fl owers and scents. Th e Duke of Saint-Simon described how "nothing was so magnifi cent as those evenings at Trianon. Every day all the fl owerbeds ch anged their fl ower compartments, and I saw the King and all the court leaving because of the tuberose fl owers, whose scent fi lled the air and which were so numerous that nobody could remain in the gardens, in sp ite of their size and the terraces on the banks of the canal". Th e gardener went to great pains in order for the King to be able to enjoy a luxurious garden that was const antly in fl ower with rare, colourful and highly perfumed sp ecies. He did not hesitate to order fl owers from all over France (mainly from Provence) as well as abroad (such as tulips from Holland, jasmines from Spain). Arranged in colour coordination with the royal fl eur-de-lys, the fl owerbeds containing thousands of tuberoses, daff odils, anemones, cyclamens and hyacinths were a palette of blue, white and red: the colours of the King and the Virgin. Th e most impressive, however, were the orange trees planted in the ground near the canal which had to be covered with glass panes every winter. Th e garden was framed by two alleys of trellising, one of which led to the scents room, a small st ruct ure slightly separated from the rest , in which to enjoy the scents of the fl owers.

Principally devoted to small celebrations, the Porcelain Trianon did not survive Madame de Montesp an, who was replaced by the Marquise de Maintenon. In 1687 Louis XIV, tired of his fantast ical arch itect ure, ordered it to be demolished and replaced by a more ambitious palace: the marble Trianon. 9

TrIANON Anonymous Coloured etching Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

This etching, dated circa 1670, shows the Porcelain Trianon built by Louis Le Vau, with the two courtyards in front of it. There is some divergence amongst images concerning the first courtyard, which is either marked with posts, as shown here, or encircled by railings. The palace stood between the courtyard and the garden, with two large pavilions positioned slightly further back for the Seigneurs and two small ones for offices. Just a single storey high, the central pavilion possessed a tall roof covered with faience. It was sophisticated with hints of style, and the palace very quickly became famous and a large number of aristocrats wanted to build their own 'Trianon' at the bottom of their parks.

FrAGMENTS OF THE PORCELAIN TRIANON Faience Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Decorated entirely with blue and white faience ordered from fact ories in Delft , , and , the Porcelain, or "Pourceline" Trianon as it was called at the time, imitated the blue and white Chinese porcelain. Th is faience was, in fact , erroneously referred to as porcelain, since it was not yet known in Europe how to manufact ure the latter material. Th e palace was decorated with these colours both inside and outside, as were the pots and cases of the shrubs in the garden, sometimes in simple"verny" in imitation of the faience. Very fragile during the harsh winters of the 17th century, the palace required const ant maintenance. During the demolition work in 1687 many fragments were buried in the gardens, and decorative elements sometimes reappear during excavations or levelling work. 10

Part I — Th e exhibition The Marble Trianon under Louis XIV

In 1687 Louis XIV commissioned Jules Hardouin-Mansart to build a new palace that would suit his tast es better than the Porcelain Trianon, and in which he could st ay for longer periods of time. Th e arch itect built a single-st orey Italian-st yle palace that st retch ed out in a series of gold and pink wings. Th e King, who monitored the work closely from a tent erect ed in the gardens, preferred to do away with of the originally-planned central pavilion in favour of a perist yle whose const ruct ion was entrust ed to Robert de Cotte.

The main section of the palace was covered with pink Languedoc marble. Th e sculptures for the windows were ordered from Coust ou and Joly. Th e inside, which was completely white, was decorated with wood panelling that was reworked several times, from Coysevox, Le Gros, Lesp ingola, Magnier, Mazeline, Flamen, Hardy, Raon and van Clève. Th e paintings on Metamorphoses by Ovid were done by Charles de La Fosse, François Verdier, René-Antoine Houasse, Noël and Antoine Coypel, Louis and Bon Boullogne, Bertin, Marot, Martin, Allegrain and Jean Jouvenet. Th e gallery was decorated

FRANÇOISE D’AUBIGNÉ, MAR- with views of the Versailles groves by Jean Cotelle. Provision of the furniture was entrust ed QUISE DE MAINTENON 1635-1719 to the cabinet-maker Antoine Gaudreaus for the most part, but also to Domenico Cucci who Jean Mariette (1654-1742) supplied the tables for the gallery. Th e upholst erer Doublet covered the bench es and st ools with Coloured etch ing Musée national des ch âteaux de Savonnerie tapest ries and silks by Marcellin Charlier. Versailles et de Trianon

The king changed the location of his apartment three times. Initially inst alled in the North Wing, where he never slept, he then moved it into the South Wing, where he slept for the fi rst time in 1692. Later, aft er demolishing the concert hall that lead onto the Main Courtyard and in order to be closer to the Marquise de Maintenon, whose apartment opened onto the King's Garden, he const ruct ed his fi nal apartment in 1703. It was for this room that the two Mazarine commodes by Boulle were made. Th e Trianon-sous-Bois wing was reworked between 1704 and 1707 and another st orey was added in order to accommodate the royal family: the king's brother the Duke d'Orléans and his wife Princess Palatine, the Grand Dauphin, the Duke of Burgundy and the daughters that Louis XIV had had with Madame de Montesp an. Th e place enjoyed a great family atmosp here; there is a st ory, for example, that in Trianon-sous-Bois on the night 4th July 1694, the king's daughters placed bangers below the Duke d’Orléans's room, who was woken with a st art. He complained of it to the king who calmed him down but who was doubtless in on the secret. It was also in Trianon that, on 11th August 1715, the king felt the fi rst pains of the illness that was to take his life less than a month later.

Although the building was radically different to the Porcelain Trianon, the original gardens ch anged little: André Le Nôtre, who was latterly placed in ch arge of Trianon, generally resp ect ed the original layout. Vast fl owerbeds built facing the new const ruct ion and leading onto the canal extended west ward. Descending from the perist yle, one fi srt encountered the 'Top Flowerbed', which was fi lled with thousands of fl owers and embellished with two round pools, before coming across the 'Lower Flowerbed' which was bordered with trellis arch es covered with jasmine. 11

Th e Lower Fountain at the end of the Persp ect ive was enlarged several times. To the left there were lines of orange trees planted in the ground; along the edge of the Trianon-sous-Bois wing there was a rect angular pool, and the Spring Garden contained a clover-shaped pool.

Near the entrance, the King also had a 'personal garden' (today called the 'King's Garden'), which was a private, almost sacred area planted with the most delicate and intriguingly scented fl owers.

Trianon was a very private palace devoted to shows and parties. Operas by Lully and Dest ouch es were performed in the concert hall, and in 1702 the carnival, organised by the Duch ess of Burgundy, was also held here.

VIEW OF THE FLOWErBEDS OF TrIANON WITH ZEPHYrUS AND FLOrA Jean Cotelle (1645-1708) Gouach e with black lines Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Jean Cotelle, commissioned in 1688 for paintings depict ing the to decorate the gallery in Trianon, painted gouach e works at fi rst . In this one showing the fl owerbeds of Trianon, which was also produced as an oil painting for the gallery, we can see that the palace was originally topped with groups of sculptures, which were dest royed from 1810 onwards. Th e dense, bushy fl owerbeds were planted in the colours of the king and there were also trees planted in the ground. Th e presence of Zephyrus and Flora, oft en depict ed in the paintings in Trianon, accurately evokes the sp irit of this country palace, known as the Palace of Flora.

APOLLO AND THETIS Jean Jouvenet (1644-1717) Oil on canvas Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Commissioned for the Relaxation Room in Madame de Maintenon's apartment in the Grand Trianon, this painting was fi nished in 1701. Artist s painted on this same subject several times for Trianon, with versions by Jean Jouvenet, François Verdier and Charles de La Fosse. Indicative of the sp irit of the palace, Apollo represents Louis XIV, the Sun King, visiting his mist ress Th etis: Trianon was a palace for the king's love aff airs, in contrast to Versailles from which the sovereign ruled in all his sp lendour. Th e painted decoration in Trianon was insp ired by Metamorphoses by Ovid, focusing mainly on goddesses transformed into fl owers and thus adding an extra dimension to the nick name 'Flora Palace'. Th is painting, like most of the paintings in Trianon, was removed during the French Revolution. Initially exhibited in the Special Museum of the French Sch ool that was created in Versailles in 1797, it was later sent to the museum of Caen in 1804. Like all the other commissioned paintings, it only returned to Trianon in the 1960s during rest oration work carried out upon the request of General de Gaulle and André Malraux. 12

Part I— Th e exhibition The Grand Trianon in the 18th century

Although unused after the death of Louis XIV in 1715, Trianon nevertheless played host to Tsar Peter I of Russia in 1717 upon the invitation of the Duke of Antin, who succeeded Mansart in the Royal Est ates Bureau. During the early years of his reign Louis XV st ayed there very little. He went there on 8th March 1723 to hunt fallow deer, and on 2nd May 1724 to watch the solar eclipse with his the ast ronomer Jacques Cassini. In 1741 he gave the palace to his wife, Queen Marie Leszczynska, in order to dist ance her from the court.

From 1750 he wanted to give the est ate a new lease of life and made a few modifi cations to Madame de Maintenon's apartments, where he est ablished his own apartments and those of the Marquise de Pompadour. A small ch apel was also built and the last room belonging to Louis XIV became a dining room. Pieces of furniture made by Bernard Van Riesen Burgh, Antoine Robert Gaudreaus and Gilles Joubert were added. In sp ite of these ch anges

LOUIS XV Louis XV did not come any more frequently to Trianon. He did, however, retire there with 1710- 1774 his family aft er the death of Madame Henriette, his favourite daughter in February 1752. Several École française Marble apartments were at that time created for the Queen, Madame Adélaïde, and the Dauphin and Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon Dauphine.

In 1768 the king lost interest in the Grand Trianon in favour of his new const ruct ion project s, notably the more private that was being made. A botany enthusiast , he did however create several gardens on the est ate for growing sp ecifi c plants. Th ese included a vegetable garden, fl ower garden, fi g orch ard and greenhouses, an innovation that was st ill a rare at the time. Trianon thus gradually became a location for experiments and horticultural st udies. In order to be able to work amongst his fl owers and greenhouses, Louis XV also asked Ange-Jacques Gabriel to build the French Pavilion in the heart of a small French garden. Th e garden was one of the last of this st yle, and was replaced not long aft er by the tendency for English-st yle informal gardens.

Although the architecture of the Marble Trianon remains intact, the botanic gardens did not survive beyond Louis XV. In 1774 Louis XVI gave the est ate to Marie-Antoinette who, little interest ed in horticulture, decided to transfer the scientifi c collect ions from the King's Garden in (Now the Jardin des Plantes) in order to create a new, English-st yle park. A few pieces of furniture, including a writing table st amped by Jean Henri Riesener and Adam Weisweiler, were nevertheless delivered to the Grand Trianon in 1782 to be used by the Dauphin, who st ayed there when the queen was in the Petit Trianon with her daughter Madame Royale.

The French Revolution left little impact on the decoration of the two Trianon palaces, which were nonetheless st ripped of their furniture, sold between 1793 and 1974. A large number of the paintings were removed and sent to Versailles, where they formed the basis of the Special Museum of the French Sch ool, opened in 1797. Th e royal symbols were dest royed in 1795, but in the end the palace suff ered little during this diffi cult period. 13

VIEW OF THE GrAND TrIANON FrOM THE AVENUE SIDE Pierre-Denis Martin (1663-1742) Oil on canvas Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Commissioned in 1721 for the Palace of Choisy, this painting depict s the Regent Philippe d'Orléans giving orders for the arrival of Louis XV's carriage in the Main Courtyard of the palace. On the right, the old enclosure of the King's Garden, removed by Napoleon, can clearly be seen. As a ch ild Louis XV rarely st ayed in Trianon, only moving there in 1750.

THE BUFFET D’EAU FOUNTAIN IN THE TrIANON GArDENS Charles-Nicolas Coch in le Jeune, designed by Pierre-Denis Martin Etch ing Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Louis XV returned to Trianon a few times during the 1720s, accompanied by the Duke of Antin, Superintendent of the Royal Est ates. In this etch ing he is depict ed walking near the Buff et d’Eau Fountain, a work by Jules Hardouin-Mansart built in 1700 on the site of one of the waterfalls from the Porcelain Trianon, in the Trianon-sous-Bois Persp ect ive. Crowned with fi gures in bronze of Neptune and Amphitrite, the Buff et d’Eau is the only fountain in Trianon with decorations from mythology.

THE DAUPHIN'S TABLE Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) and Adam Weisweiler (1744-1820) Rosewoods and amaranth wood Donation from the Count de Royère, subject to usufruct , 2006 Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Produced for use by the Dauphin in the Grand Trianon in 1782, this little table, ordered from Riesener, was in fact subcontract ed to Weisweiler. Dauphin Louis-Joseph-Xavier, the eldest son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette born in 1781, died in June 1789. When his mother was in the Petit Trianon, the 'women's palace', he would also return to st ay in the Grand Trianon, which had become the 'men's palace'. 14

Part I — Th e exhibition The Grand Trianon under Napoleon

After becoming an imperial residence, the Grand Trianon was refurnished twice by the Emperor. Th e fi rst inst ance was in 1805 for his mother, Madame Mère. He gave her the South Wing while he took the North Wing with Joséphine. Th e Petit Trianon was given to Pauline Borghèse. Guillaume Trepsat, Arch itect of Versailles, was in ch arge of the work and the furniture was provided by Jacob-Desmalter. However, Madame Mère refused to settle there, considering that it was lack ing the necessary comfort. Because of this the Emperor also renounced the idea of living there and only went a few times to hunt.

Alterations were made for a second time when Napoleon decided to move there in 1810 with Marie-Louise, aft er his divorce from Joséphine. Th e arch itect s had supplied plans for radical ch anges, but these were disregarded and the palace did not ch ange in appearance. New furnishings were simply supplied by Jacob-Desmalter and Marcion, while works in bronze were provided by Claude Galle. In the end the palace did not really lose its Ancien Régime sp irit, even aft er the addition of paintings BUST OF NAPOLEON 1769-1821 François-Joseph, Baron Bosio commissioned in 1811 on subject s linked to Napoleon. (1768-1845) Marble Signed on the left : Bosio Napoleon arranged Musée national des the old apartments belonging to Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour for ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, his use; he transformed the fi rst part in 1812 in order to create his private ch amber, the only room in the palace decorated on an Imperial theme. Th e Petit Trianon and the Hamlet were also refurnished for Marie-Louise. To connect the two palaces, Napoleon dest royed part of the enclosing wall of the King's Garden, which was linked to the gardens of the Petit Trianon via an iron bridge sp anning a sunken pathway. He also cut down the Spring Grove.

In August 1811 a grand party was held at Trianon to celebrate the birth of the King of Rome, Napoleon's son. Several pieces were performed in the Petit Th éâtre, music by Paër was played in the gardens, which were lit up, and the day ended with a grand dinner given in the gallery. Th is was the only party held there, however. Th e Emperor barely returned to the est ate, except in March 1813 to rebuild the Great Army and est ablish his war plan aft er the disast er in Russia.

At the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy, little interest was given to the palace for the most part, with only the Napoleonic paintings and imperial symbols being removed. However, during the Revolution of July 1830, , on his way to exile, held his last council with his minist ers here. 15 DESK CHAIr BELONGING TO NAPOLEON IN TrIANON Jacob-Desmalter Mahogany, gilt bronze and green leather Bought in 2006 Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Made to a design that Napoleon was particularly fond of, this desk ch air was delivered in 1810 for the Council Room in Trianon. However, records show that it was in the Emperor's Private Chamber in 1812. It is the only one of Napoleon's ch airs to have conserved its original leather.

THE FrENCH ArMY CrOSSES THE SIErrA DE GUADArrAMA Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (1755-1830) Oil on canvas, December 1815 Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

In 1811 Vivant Denon, the Direct or of the Napoleon museum (Louvre), asked the Emperor to commission paintings dest ined to decorate some of the salons in the Grand Trianon, situated around the Emperor's Grand Cabinet. Th is painting, which is without a doubt the mast erpiece of the series, depict s Napoleon followed by the Great Army crossing the mountains block ing the way to Madrid. Th e epic work, dated from early 1813, shows the diffi culty of the ascension to the summit. It was removed from Trianon in 1814 on the return of the Bourbons. It is currently on disp lay in the Palace of Versailles, like the rest of the commission.

LUNCH SErVICE BELONGING TO EMPrESS MArIE LOUISE Manufact ure Impériale de Sèvres Hard-past e porcelain Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Delivered in 1810, this purple lunch service with bright gilding was originally composed of four unique pieces: teapot, bowl, milk jug and sugar bowl. It also included six teacups and saucers, three of which have been broken. Th e shape of these cups was innovative for the late Empire period.

CHAIr FrOM THE HALL OF MIrrOrS Jacob-Desmalter Ivory, ebony, box, various precious woods Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

In 1805 the palace was partially refurnished, notably with the delivery of the ch airs for the Hall of Mirrors, which were covered with lampas called the 'Four corners of the world', woven by Cartier. Since Madame Mère refused to move into Trianon, it was the Emperess Marie-Louise in 1810 who benefi ted from this furniture. Sold by the Est ates in 1881, it has for the most part been bought back and was rest ored in 2006. 16

Part I — Th e exhibition The Grand Trianon under Louis-Philippe

King Louis-Philippe needed a palace from which he could oversee the work to turn the Palace of Versailles into the Museum of the Hist ory of France. In 1835 he ch ose the Grand Trianon, moving in with his family and est ablishing his work apartment in a wing opening onto the Grand Canal, which until then had never been used. Th e apartment was recently refurnished by the Conservation of the Palace of Versailles. Th e king's sist er, Madame Adélaïde, moved into part of South Wing, his daughters took the Emperor's apartments, and his sons moved into Trianon-sous-Bois, where a new ch apel was created in place of the former Billiards Room. In Oct ober 1837 the marriage of Princess Marie d’Orléans to the Duke of Wurtemberg was held here. A banquet was also given on 8th December 1840 in the Main Gallery for Queen Marie-Christ ine of Spain, who had been evict ed from the throne.

The alteration works began in 1836 under the management of the arch itect Frédéric Nepveu, and continued until 1838. In the gardens, a set of outside st eps with iron railings were built. Stoves were inst alled in the basements, as well as a large kitch en for serving the king. Over the main entrance door of the South Wing, a clock with a bell by Vagner, BUST OF KING LOUIS-PHILIPPE 1773-1850 the Clock maker to the King, was inst alled. Georges Jacquot (1794-1874) Gypsum, signed and dated 1834 Musée national des ch âteaux de The furniture from Napoleon was kept but the silks were ch anged, and more comfortable Versailles et de Trianon, furniture was also added, made by Alphonse Jacob-Desmalter, Lemarch and and Jeanselme. Royal portraits fi lled the empty sp aces left by Napoleon's paintings. Th e king brought Napoleon's bed from the Tuileries into the bedroom in the South Wing, and a billiard table by Cosson was placed in the music room.

This period was not marked by any major event but, like Charles X in 1830, Louis-Philippe st opped at Trianon when he left for exile aft er the French Revolution of 1848. 17

TrIANON VASE Manufact ure Royale de Sèvres Hard-past e porcelain Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Th is vase is one of a pair; the other one shows a view of Versailles. On this one the South Wing of the Grand Trianon can be seen, with the balust rade on a set of st eps by Louis- Philippe next to the gardens. Th e vase bears the number of Louis-Philippe topped with a crown and is dated 1848. It arrived in Trianon during the Second Empire.

LOW CHAIr BELONGING TO PrINCESS CLÉMENTINE D’OrLÉANS Louis-Edouard Lemarch and (1795-1872) Rosewood inlaid with holly, silk Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Th is low ch air with ch annelled legs ending in little wheels and a handle in the back , called 'to hand', demonst rates the carefully designed level of comfort in furniture during the reign of Louis-Philippe. Clémentine d’Orléans (1817-1907), his youngest daughter, was the mother of Ferdinand, Tsar of Bulgaria. She was the longest -living survivor among those who had occupied an apartment in Trianon.

DESK CHAIr BELONGING TO BArON CAMILLE FAIN Attributed to Jacob-Frères Mahogany Musée national des ch âteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

While travelling down to Spain in 1808, Napoleon est ablished an imperial palace in Bordeaux, which was rapidly furnished. Th is ch air is from that palace, having been sent to the Furniture Store-House in 1832 and then to Trianon in 1837, for use by Baron Camille Fain (1799-1858). An unusual design, it dates from the French Consulate. Th e ch airs used by the Emperor were usually fully covered with green leather, in contrast to this one (whose cushion, also originally in leather, needs rest oring). 18

Part I — Th e exhibition The Grand Trianon museum

From 1851 Napoleon III sent a large number of items to Trianon, and the palace was turned into an assorted 19th-century museum, which nevertheless retained its Louis-Philippe decor. Two important events marked the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. In 1873 the trial of Marshall Bazaine, defeated in Metz in 1870, was held under the perist yle. It was presided over by the Duke of Aumale, son of Louis-Philippe. Later, in 1920, the peace treaty with was signed at the end of the First World War in the gallery. Th e very tense ceremony last ed only 20 minutes.

In the early 20th century there were plans to rest ore the palace's original sp irit by refurnishing it hist orically. In 1910 the perist yle, closed up with windows on both sides since 1810, was reopened and the Trianon est ate, having been independent from Versailles since Napoleon, was at the same time reconnect ed to the larger palace. Th en in 1913, the Cotelle paintings that Napoleon had removed from the gallery were returned to their places.

A much more ambitious restoration programme was directed by research work but was only carried out in the 1960s, upon the wishes of General de Gaulle and André Malraux, the Minist er for Culture, who turned Trianon into a presidential residence, inaugurated in June 1966. Th e Grand Trianon became a place for host ing foreign Heads of State, who were accommodated in sp ecially prepared prest igious rooms in the apartment once belonging to Louis-Philippe. Th e Trianon-sous-Bois wing was reserved for the French President. Between 1966 and 1981 it was used by three diff erent Presidents (General de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou and Valéry Giscard d’Est aing) to host Queen Elizabeth of England, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Hassan II of Morocco, King Hussein of Jordan, King Fayçal of Saudi Arabia, the Shah of Iran Mohammed V and his wife Farah Diba, as well as various presidents and prime minist ers from countries with good relations with France, including the American Presidents Rich ard Nixon and Jimmy Carter and the leader of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev. In 1982 President François Mitterand host ed the G7 summit delegations, who st ayed in Trianon. In 1992 Boris Yeltsine was the last offi cial visitor to come and st ay in Trianon.

Since then, and thanks in particular to the return of the Trianon-sous-Bois wing and the rooms for the guest s of France to the Public Inst itution of Versailles, by the Presidency of the Republic and the Minist er of Foreign Aff airs in 2011, a new programme of hist orical refurbishment has been developed for the Grand Trianon, which is a museum once more. On 27th March 2014, for the 50th anniversary of the recognition of the People's Republic of China by General de Gaulle, a dinner was given by President François Hollande in the Gardens Room for the Chinese President, Xi Jingping and his wife. Th is event allowed the Grand Trianon to return to its Republican past .

As for the gardens, their layout has barely ch anged over the centuries. Th e successive gardeners have always prioritised fl owers, whether out of a desire to preserve the sp irit of the place by using the original varieties of plants, or to follow a more contemporary line, taking insp iration from the tendencies of the horticulturist s. 19

VIEW OF THE FACADE OF THE GrAND TrIANON, COUrTYArD SIDE Arch ives of the Palace of Versailles

Here we can see the perist yle, closed up from 1810 and only reopened in 1910, and, on the left over the front door, the clock by Vagner inst alled by Louis-Philippe. We can also see the st eps bordered by an iron balust rade built by Louis-Philippe.

THE CLOCK PAVILION IN THE GrAND TrIANON Arch ives of the Palace of Versailles

In this post card we can clearly see Vagner's clock , inst alled in 1836, which sat over what is now the front door to the museum.

VIEW OF THE INTErIOr OF THE PErISTYLE IN THE GrAND TrIANON Arch ives of the Palace of Versailles

Th e perist yle, fully closed up from Napoleon's time, and where the trial of Marshall Bazaine was held in 1873, was used as a palace gallery. Among the sculptures are, in the foreground, Amour by Chaudet in bronze, the group by Vincenzo Vela representing France and Italy, currently in Compiègne in the centre and, in the back ground, the bronze st atue of Louis XIV on horseback , by Cartellier and Petitot.

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Part II — Hist ory of the Grand Trianon Timeline

THE POrCELAIN TrIANON the Porcelain Trianon.

1668 1688

nd Th e village of Trianon was bought by Louis XIV 22 January. First royal meal in Trianon. and a garden with trellising was created in its Commission of the Trianon paintings on place. Metamorphoses by Ovid. 13th November. Th e Marquis de Dangeau noted 1670 in his journal that the palace was fi nished and furnished. Th e fi rst palace, the Porcelain Trianon, was 18th December. Performances of Thésée in the const ruct ed by the arch itect Louis Le Vau. concert hall. Completed by François d’Orbay, it was dest ined to accommodate the King's love aff airs. Th e gardens 1689 were designed by one of Le Nôtre's nephews, th Mich el III Le Bouteux. 5 January. Performance of a ballet, Le palais de Flore, by the ladies of the court, before James II of 1671-1672 England, in exile in Saint-Germain. 10th February. Performance of Thétis et Pélée by Th e north branch of the Grand Canal was dug, Fontenelle and Collasse. allowing a direct supply to the Porcelain Trianon.

1685 1690 Performance of Atys by Lully and Énée et Lavinie Visit of the Doge of Genoa, Francesco Maria by Collasse. Imperiale Lescari.

1686 1692 Th e king created his new apartment in the South Visit of the ambassadors of Siam. Wing of the palace. 18th March THE MArBLE TrIANON . Engagement ceremony of Th e Duke of Maine to Mademoiselle de Charolais, which fi nished with a grand dinner in Trianon. 1687 Demolition of the Porcelain Trianon and 1694 const ruct ion of the Marble Trianon by Jules 28th April. Louis XIV slept in Trianon for the fi rst Hardouin-Mansart, which was soon modifi ed by time. Robert de Cotte (creation of the Perist yle). André Le Nôtre was put in ch arge of the gardens of 1695 Trianon; few ch anges were made to the gardens of 20th June. Performance of Galatée by Lully. 23 1697 order to get away from his fi ancée, the Infante 17 th September. Performance of Issé by Marie-Anne-Vict oire, who had measles. Dest ouch es. 1724 1698 2nd May. Solar eclipse, watched by Louis XV from Inst allation of the Duch ess of Burgundy's room in Trianon with the ast ronomer Jacques Cassini. the Couch ant Room (now the Malach ite Room). 1740 1700 - 1701 June. Th e former King of Polond, Stanislas Alterations to the garden by Mansart, who Lescszynski, the Duke of Lorraine, and his wife succeeded Le Nôtre aft er his death in 1700. Catherine Opalinska, slept in Trianon. Stanislas returned in August 1743, April 1747 and August 1702 1748. 26th to 28th February. Carnival celebrations were held in Trianon, organised by the Duch ess of 1741 Burgundy. Montesume, by Ferrier, was performed August. Louis XV gave Trianon to his wife, Queen as well as Le grondeur by Brueys and Palaprat and Marie Leszczynska, in order to dist ance her from the opera Omphale by Dest ouch es. the court.

1705-1707 1744 Modifi cation of the Trianon-sous-Bois wing 13th December. Th e king retired to Trianon for a (addition of a st orey). few days to mourn the death of his favourite, Madame de Châteauroux, who died on 8th 1708-1709 December. A few close friends were also present. Delivery of two commodes by Boulle, known as the Mazarine commodes, for the king's bedroom, 1747 currently st ill conserved in Versailles. December. Th e arch itect Gabriel presented an initial report concerning maintenance work to be 1713 executed in Trianon. Work was carried out until Final ch anges by Louis XIV in Trianon. New wood 1750. panelling was fi tted in the Spring Room, dest ined for Madame de Maintenon. 1750 May. Th e king sp ent several short st ays in 1715 Trianon, essentially to supervise const ruct ion work 11th August. In Trianon, the king felt the fi rst (the French Pavilion, Menagerie) by Gabriel, on the pains of the illness that was to take his life on 1st new plots of land that were to become the gardens September. of the Petit Trianon. Th e Marble Trianon was renamed the Grand rEIGN OF LOUIS XV Trianon. Renovation work on the Grand Trianon and 1717 creation of a small ch apel in the Salon des Colonnes. May-June. Tsar Peter I of Russia st ayed 10 or so days in Trianon-sous-Bois. 1751

13th September 1722 . Upon learning in Trianon of the birth of the Duke of Burgundy, his fi rst grandch ild, 6th July. Louis XV st ayed in Trianon for the fi rst Louis XV was taken ill and had to be carried to his time. carriage to be taken back to Versailles.

1723 8th March. Louis XV came to hunt fallow deer. 23rd December. Louis XV slept in Trianon in 24 1752 Sultan of Mysore, slept in Trianon. 3rd February. Madame Henriette, the king's favourite daughter, felt the fi rst symptoms of the THE rEVOLUTION illness that took her life on 10th February. Th e king and his family retired to Trianon. 1793-1794 Sale of the furniture collect ions from Trianon. A 1754 large number of the paintings were removed and February. Presentation to the king in Trianon of the sent to Versailles. La Création du monde clock by the clock maker Passemant. 1795 Th e sculptor Boich ard ch opped up the palace's 1757 royal insignias. 5th January. Th e king was st abbed by Damiens as he was entering his carriage to go to Trianon. NAPOLEON'S rULE

1761 1805 March-April. Th e future Louis XVI and his brothers 13th March, then 22nd March. Napoleon visited st ayed six weeks in Trianon, at the death of the Trianon. He decided to give the South Wing of the nd Duke of Burgundy, their elder brother, on 22 Grand Trianon to his mother and to take the March . North Wing for himself and Joséphine. Th e Petit Trianon was given to his sist er. Guillaume Trepsat, 1764 Arch itect of Versailles, was entrust ed with the th 28 November. A party was given in Trianon in work. honour of the Duke of Berry (future Louis XVI) 6th May. Madame Mère, on a visit to Trianon, and his brothers. A piece by Poinsinet was refused to move there. performed. 1808 1768 New project s concerning Trianon. Th e arch itect Louis XV abandoned the Grand Trianon in favour Fontaine proposed a project that was very quick ly on the new Petit Trianon, built by Gabriel. abandoned. th 6 December. Visit by the King of Denmark, March. Th e arch itect Alexandre Dufour was made Christ ian VII. Vice-Arch itect to Trepsat and began work in the Cotelle Gallery. rEIGN OF LOUIS XVI 1809-1810 1780-1782 Th e acroteria of the balust rade began to be Work was carried out in the Grand Trianon and in removed, while windows were added to both sides the gardens. of the Perist yle. Th e Emperor created his private apartments in the apartments once belonging to 1782 Madame de Pompadour and Louis XV. Delivery of pieces of furniture for use by the 1809 Dauphin. 15th to 25th December. Napoleon, having just 1787 announced his divorce from Joséphine, came to Trianon. Th ey sp ent the New Year there together. 9th June. Th e death in Trianon of Madame Sophie, the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.

1788 9th August. Th e ambassadors of Tipu Sahib, 25 1810 Hortense. Th e est ate of Trianon, which included the Grand and Petit Trianon palaces as well as the Hamlet, rESTOrATION OF THE BOUrBON was separated from Versailles and made MONArCHY independent. General Klein was made its Governor. A road, known as the Impératrice road, 1814 was made leading to two guard pavilions built in 10th August. Louis XVIII visited Trianon, and 1810, situated at the entrance gate to the Trianon considered it was furnished in poor tast e. Th e palaces. Th e Petit Trianon and the Hamlet were imperial insignias were ch opped up by Boich ard. also refurnished by Marie-Louise. Th e Napoleonic paintings were removed. 9th May. Stendhal visited Trianon as Insp ect or of the Furniture Store-House. 1815 21st June. Napoleon and Marie-Louise visited July. Part of the Emperor's library was removed Trianon. from the Maps Cabinet by Barbier, the Emperor's July. Napoleon decided to place models of war Librarian, to be sent to Sainte-Hélène. vessels from the Imperial Navy in the gallery. Specially made, their const ruct ion was managed by 1825 the Naval Engineer Sané, ('Trianon Collect ion' of th the Musée de la Marine). 19 June. A ball was given in the gallery for the 5th August. A decree was signed in Trianon coronation of Charles X. increasing taxes on English product s, as part of the Continental Block ade policy. 1828 9th August. Les Femmes savantes by Molière was Transfer of the model ships in the 'Trianon performed in Trianon during a celebration that Collect ion' to the new Musée de la Marine, in the last ed several days in honour of Marie-Louise, Louvre. before the Emperor and his young wife. 11th August. Th e Franconi circus gave a show with 1830 a performance by a st ag named Coco. 30th July. Charles X held his fi nal Council with his minist ers as he was leaving for exile. 1811 Th e malach ite st ones given to Napoleon by Tsar rEIGN OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE Alexander in 1808, incorporated into items of furniture by Jacob-Desmalter and dest ined for the 1835 Tuileries, were placed in the Emperor's Grand 11th July. King Louis-Philippe, who needed to Salon (the Malach ite Room), the former room oversee the works to turn the Palace of Versailles belonging to the Duch ess of Burgundy, or the into the Museum of the Hist ory of France, Couch ant Room. visited Trianon and decided to est ablish his July. Napoleon st ayed in Trianon. On the 12th, he private apartment there. had the rest ruct uring and refurbishing plans for Th e refurbishment work began in 1836, managed the Palace of Versailles presented to him by by the arch itect Frédéric Nepveu, and last ed Fontaine and Dufour. until 1838. A new ch apel was built in the place of 25th August. A grand celebration was given in the Billiards Room. Th e king brought Napoleon's Trianon in honour of Marie-Louise and the King bed from the Tuileries to the bedroom in the South of Rome. Several pieces were performed in the Wing. Th e Emperor's furniture was kept but Petit Th éâtre, music by Paër was played in the covered with new silks, and other furniture from gardens, which were lit up, and the day ended with elsewhere was added. Th e gallery, as Napoleon had a grand dinner in the gallery. arranged it, did not ch ange its appearance.

1813 7 th to 23rd March. Napoleon st ayed in Trianon for the last time, with Marie-Louise and Queen 26 1837 remained in Trianon were sent to the Elysée, where 9th June. Th e royal family of Orléans st ayed in they formed the basis of the library of the Trianon for the fi rst time. Presidency of the Republic. 17 th October. Marriage of Princess Marie d’Orléans, the king's daughter, to Duke Alexandre 1910 of Wurtemberg, celebrated in the new ch apel. Th e est ate of Trianon was abolished and reattach ed Music by Paër was played in the Petit Th éâtre, as to Versailles. well as extract s from Moïse and L' italiana in Th e Perist yle was opened up once again. Algeri by Rossini. 1913 1838 Th e Cotelle paintings were put back in the gallery. 6th to 16th October. Th e royal family st ayed in Trianon, using the vast Family Room for the fi rst 1920 time. 4th June. Th e Treaty of Trianon was signed with Hungary in the Cotelle Gallery at the end of the 1840 First World War. Th e very tense ceremony last ed 8th December. A banquet was given in the gallery only 20 minutes. in honour Queen Marie-Christ ine of Spain, evict ed from the throne. 1924-1927 First research work by Charles Maurich eau- 1845 Beaupré, Curator at Versailles, concerning July. Louis-Philippe decided to create a room for his hist orical refurbishment of the palace. daughter Louise-Marie, the Reine des Belges. Th e bed belonging to Joséphine in the Tuileries and the A PrESIDENTIAL rESIDENCE furniture from her Grand Salon were used.

From 1959 1848 Th e Grand Trianon was ch osen to become a th 25 February. Louis-Philippe's fi nal st ay in Presidential Residence. Trianon on his way to exile. 1963-1966 THE MUSEUM Th e Grand Trianon was fully rest ored and hist orically furnished. 1851 Devoted to offi cial ceremonies, in the South Wing June. A large number of items were sent to Trianon. it contained apartments reserved for foreign Heads Sculptures, works in bronze and furniture of st ate and their entourage, while the Trianon- gradually transformed the palace into an assorted sous-Bois wing was reserved for the French museum, which nevertheless retained its Louis- President. Philippe decor. 2011 1873 Th e Trianon-sous-Bois wing and the rooms for the 6th October to 10th December. Trial of guest s of France were returned to the Public Marshall Bazaine, defeated in Metz in 1870, led by Inst itution of Versailles by the Presidency of the the Duke of Aumale, son of Louis-Philippe. Th e Republic and the Minist ry for Foreign Aff airs. proceedings were held in the closed-up Perist yle. Launch of a new hist orical refurnishing policy. Th e Marshall was accommodated in Trianon-sous- Bois. He was sentenced to death, but immediately 2014 reprieved and and given a life sentence. 27 th March: President François Hollande received He escaped. the Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife for a private dinner for the 50th anniversary of the 1881 recognition of the People's Republic of China by Th e books from Napoleon's library that had General de Gaulle.

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Part III — Th e exhibition partners Media partners

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Part IV — Appendices The Trianon application

Visit the Trianon palaces thanks to a new app

From the Grand Trianon to the French Pavilion, from the Temple of Love to Marie-Antoinette's est ate... the 'Trianon' app off ers visitors the opportunity to discover the in-depth hist ory in photos and videos of these bucolic places.

Your Trianon visit

Visitors can choose their tour and identify the diff erent st ages of their visit on a map.

The tours:

- The Independent tour: the Belvedere, the Temple of Love, the Queen's Farm... set out to explore Marie-Antoinette's est ate through 16 geolocalised, iconic locations. - The Grand Trianon: travel through four centuries of hist ory, from the Trianon of Louis XIV to visits by Charles de Gaulle. - Looking for Marie-Antoinette: parents and ch ildren must fi nd the Queen as they go around Screen adaptation the est ate she created to escape the Etiquette of the Court. and application created thanks to Free app, available in French and English on the AppStore and Google Play the skills Available in summer 2015 sponsorship of http://www.chateauversailles.fr/application-trianon Camineo 34

Part IV — Appendices Practical information

For more Access to the Grand Trianon information www.ch ateauversailles.fr From Paris: A13 motorway (direct ion Rouen) 2nd exit signpost ed "Versailles Notre Dame". Entrance

Château de Versailles via Porte Saint Antoine. Admission is ch arged and is from 7 am to 7 pm in high season and from 8 facebook.com/ch ateauversailles am to 6 pm in low season.

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Admission to the exhibition with a 'Châteaux de Trianon' or 'Passp ort' tick et, and the "1 year at Versailles" card. Free for EU residents under 26. 'Châteaux de Trianon' ticket: €10, discounted rate €6, free for EU residents under 26. 'Passport' ticket, granting access to the Palace, gardens, Trianon palaces, and to Marie- Antoinette's Est ate and the temporary exhibitions: 1 day: €18 / €25 on Grandes Eaux Musicales Fountain Disp lay days 2 days: €25 / €30 on Grandes Eaux Musicales Fountain Disp lay Days

Guided tours of the exhibition At 2:30 pm: 5th, 17th, 25th and 30th July; 2nd, 6th, 14th, 18th and 29th August ; 6th, 19th and 25th September Book online at www.ch ateauversailles.fr or by telephone on 00 33 (0)1 30 83 78 00

Families

Games booklet: free for 6-12 years, available at the exhibition entrance.