St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-14
ROYAL BEDCH
The Luxurious Room of the Late
King Louis.

1ne LuXur1OuS Room OF the Late
King louis.
The greatest marvel in the palace of the late
king of Bavaria at Herrenchiemsee is the
| royal bedchamber, which is lofty room Of
| moderate dimensions, with three windows
| above and below, the upper being draped
| with crimson silk that throws a magic light
upon the masses of gold distributed over
| this regal apartment, writes correspondent
of the London News.
| 1t is divided into two parts by means of
golden balustrade, the back part being
rounded. Here the kings bed stands on
raised dias, up to which lead five broad
steps, covered with ruby velvet, on which
are embroidered large golden suns. The
bed is of gilt bronze, a work of art as we
| meet it once in lifetime. 1t is covered
| with counterpart of gold cloth embrOid
cred in colors, the center representing King
| Louis XIV. without his wig. large emer-
aid OH his breast and a sapphire in his hair.
| The bed is surrounded by a canopy of gold,
with high crown of gold in the center and
| four enormous punches of white pllImes at
the four corners; from the canopy descend
| the curtains, to examine which lover of
art will devote several weeks.
The outside is ruby velvet embroidered
in gold. SO that of the ground color scarcely
anything is seen; tine inside is covered from
top to bottom by pictures from the Bible,
| at first sight the product of the miniature
painters brush, but, on close inspection,
| the triumph of the needlewoman'S skill.
The center of the background is occupied
| by sun embroidered in diamonds and
pearls, and when | heard that the king
never once used this bedroom was led to
believe that he expected visit from the
Roi Soleil himself, and hoped to astonish
even his magnificent majesty.
The walls of this room are entirely hung
with red velvet embroidered in gold, the
children holding garlands of flowers being
so solid that real baby held to the wall
| cannot stand out from it more
boldly than do these works Of the
needle. On one side of the bed within the
space confined by the golden balustrade, is
| the washing stand. tall mirror in golden
arabesQues, the table of marble supported
| ten vases in gilt bronze OF size that would
| astonish even giant and OF beauty that
| it is impossible to describe.
| The other side of the bed is taken I'D by
| prayer stool in ruby gold embroidered vel
| vet, the background filled with ST. Michael
| in colors of such splendid workmanship
that the original by the miniature painter,
upon which the stitches were worked, must
be less beautiful. Above the prayerstool
there is a tiny altar with copy of Ra-
phaers "Annunziata," which, with the
prayer book it adorned, was sold by the
Perugian family. that had owned it since
Raphaers gift to the empress of Russia,
who it turn lent it to King Louis. one of
| her great favorites, in the years that pre-
ceded her illness.
On the right and on the left side there are
arm-chairs of gilt carved wood, the arms
supported by erect children, seat and back
covered with gold cloth, on which frame
of gold embroidery surrounds a group of
oh ldren embroidered in colors, works of
art that should be kept in museum. The
room contains besides six stools of smaller
workmanship, two white marble chimneys
with Sevres vases of red porcelain, and
! quaint old clocks, two mirrors filling the
space between the three windows, where
tables of dark-red marble support Sevres
candlesticks formed of 100 flowers and
fruits, placed at either side of alabaster
groups Of graceful girls.
The velvet hangings on the walls are
parted in several places to admit paintings
framed by rich arabesques, which form a
frieze surrounding the painting on the
ceiling, a splendid mass of beautiful
forms and beautiful colors-Helios
driving the sun and the hours dancing
round him. The kings attendant told me
that Helios some time ago was splendid
likeness ofthe young king himself, but that
one day he gave orders to have his features
erased, and now Helios is none less than
| the perpetual Louis XIV. himself.