Chambord - Interior Pics

When you visit Chambord you see the 'F' marque of Francis I everywhere ... ceilings, dishes, door hinges etc. This fellow had quite the ego. Above also is the best picture I have of the double staircase which is actually quite hard to capture in a picture.

The stairway climbs three floors, and on each level, square apartments occupy the four corners Each apartment connects to another apartment contiguous with the central stairway. The cruciform space left open by this configuration is taken up by four large galleries.

The king’s private apartments were located in the northeast corner of the building. The “logis” (living quarters) of the king matched the chapel located in the west wing. The chapel was begun between 1545-1550 and completed under Louis XIV. Tapestries adorn the rooms of the apartments which were fixed up under Louis XIV. In these apartments are several paintings –notably a Clouet of Henri III and a portrait of Anne of Austria by Mignard. The royal chamber was decorated at the time of Stanislas Leczinski. In the souvenir room of the Count of Chambord are more paintings... the ceremonial bed given to him by his loyal subjects, statues of Henri IV and the Duke of Bordeaux (the first and last counts of Chambord) as children, and a little artillery set given to the young prince to amuse and instruct him – the “play” pieces being capable of sending a projectile through a wall.

In the office of Francis I we find the window pane on which the king-chevalier engraved with his diamond ring this melancholy verse, which summed up a long romance, “Women are often inconstant; quite mad is he who trusts them.” This, followed by another testimony, “All women are inconstant, quite foolish is he who trusts them;” On the ground floor of the donjon is a collection of carriages and harnesses prepared for the entrance of the Count of Chambord for a gala thrown in 1871 in the Hermes workshops in Paris.

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