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Visit the Chateau
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Mansart's revolutionary cantilevered staircase was an engineering marvel of the period. |  |
The Salon Louis XIII is
decorated with oak panelling and filled with paintings by Albert de
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The dining room has an oak parquet floor "à la Versailles" and Regency panelling recovered from a Paris town house. To the left of the table hangs Louis-Michel Van Loo's (1707-1771) portrait of Jacques-Claude Augustin de la Cour, Marquis de Balleroy. |
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Furnishings in the Queen Victoria's suite are in the style of Louis XVI. |
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The English style library, installed in the 1850's, houses more than 1600 books. |  |
Royal portraits by Charles de la Fosse, Juste d'Egmont, and Claude Vignon hang in the Salon d'Honneur. These portraits formerly hung in the Luxembourg Palace. | |
