page_title: Palace of Fontainebleau
section_title: Throne Room of Napoleon (former bedroom of the King)
hierarchical_section_title: Palace of Fontainebleau / Grand Apartments / Throne Room of Napoleon (former bedroom of the King)
caption_attribution_description: English: Chateau de Fontainebleau, France Salle du trône. Cette pièce fut la chambre du Roi, du 17ème siècle à la Révolution. Napoléon 1er la transfroma en salle du Trône. Le château de Fontainebleau offre le souvenir de plus de 700 ans de présence des souverains de France, de l’intronisation de Louis VII en 1137 à la chute du Second Empire en 1870. www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr
context_page_description: The Palace of Fontainebleau or Château de Fontainebleau, located 55 kilometers southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence for the French monarchs from Louis VII to Napoleon III. Francis I and Napoleon were the monarchs who had the most influence on the Palace as it stands today. It became a national museum in 1927 and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.
context_section_description: In 1808 Napoleon decided to install his throne in the former bedroom of the Kings of France from Henry IV to Louis XVI, on the place where the royal bed had been. Under the Old Regime, the King's bed was a symbol of royal authority in France and was saluted by courtiers who passed by it. Napoleon wanted to show the continuity of his Empire with the past monarchies of France.  The majority of the carved wood ceiling, the lower part of the wood panelling, and the doors date to the reign of Louis XIII. The ceiling directly over the throne was made at the end of the reign of Louis XIV. Louis XV created the portion of the ceiling directly over the throne, a new chimney, sculpted wooden medallions near the fireplace, the designs over the doors, and the fine carved woodwork facing the throne (1752–54). He also had the ceiling painted white and gilded and decorated with mosaics, to match the ceiling of the bedroom of the Queen.
  Napoleon added the standards with his initial and the Imperial eagle. The decoration around the throne was originally designed in 1804 by Jacob-Desmalter for the Palace of Saint-Cloud, and the throne itself came from the Tuileries Palace.
  The chimney was originally decorated with a portrait of Louis XIII painted by Philippe de Champaigne, which was burned in 1793 during the French Revolution. Napoleon replaced it with a portrait of himself, by Robert Lefèvre. In 1834, King Louis-Philippe took down Napoleon's picture and replaced with another of Louis XIII, from a painter of the school of Champaigne,
caption: The throne room was the bedroom of the Kings of France from Henry IV to Louis XVI
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