, the cradle of the King of Rome, and a
cabinet of Marie Louise) leads to the Salle du Conseil, which was the
Salon de Famille under Louis Philippe. Its decorations are by Boucher, and
are the best of the period. It was in leaving this room that the Marechal
de Biron was arrested under Henri IV., in a cabinet which is now thrown
into the adjoining Salle du Trone, (previously the bedroom of the Bourbon
kings), dating from Charles IV., but decorated under Louis XIII. A fine
portrait by Phillipe de Champaigne represents Louis XIII. It is
accompanied by his device in allusion to his vehemence in the
extermination of heresy.
The adjoining boudoir de Marie Antoinette is a beautiful little room,
painted by Barthelemy. The metal work of the windows is said to have been
wrought by Louis XVI. himself, who had his workshop here, as at
Versailles. The richly decorated Chambre a Coucher de la Reine was
inhabited by Marie de Medici, Marie Therese, Marie Antoinette, Marie
Louise, and Marie Amelie. The silk hangings were given by the town of
Lyons to Marie Antoinette on her marriage.
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