, under Louis Philippe, by the Duke and Duchess of Orleans.
The most interesting of these are the Chambre a Coucher, which bears the
oft-repeated A L (the chiffre of Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria), and in
which Pius VII. daily said mass, and the Salon, with its fine tapestry
after Giulio Romano. The Galerie des Assiettes, adorned with Sevres china,
only dates from Louis Philippe. Hence, by a gallery in the Aile Neuve,
hung with indifferent pictures, we may visit the Salle du Theatre,
retaining its arrangements for the emperor, empress, and court.
The Gardens, as seen now, are mostly as they were rearranged by Lenotre
for Louis XIV. The most frequented garden is the Parterre, entered from
the Place du Cheval-Blanc. In the center of the Jardin Anglais (entered
through the Cour de la Fontaine) was the Fontaine Bleau, which is supposed
by some to have given a name to the palace. The Etang has a pavilion in
the center, where the Czar Peter got drunk. The carp in the pool, overfed
with bread by visitors, are said to be, some of them, of immense age. John
Evelyn mentions the carp of Fontainebleau, "that come familiarly to hand.
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