page_title: Château de Vendeuvre
section_title: Interior
hierarchical_section_title: Château de Vendeuvre / Interior
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: L'enfilade des salons du château de Vendeuvre
context_page_description: The Château de Vendeuvre is situated in the commune of Vendeuvre, near to Lisieux in Normandy. Classed as a Historic Monument both for its exterior and interior, Vendeuvre is a prototypical aristocratic Norman country house. It was opened to the public in 1983.
context_section_description: In the presentation of the château, each room presents a theme of eighteenth century daily life. Automatons (mannekins with recordings) point out the salient features of each room:
  The dining room demonstrates the art of receiving and entertaining guests.
  The state bedroom, with many wardrobes, is devoted to dressing and make-up. The automaton represents a lady of the time, enjoying the pleasures of washing and dressing in her boudoir.
  The office exhibits paraphernalia associated with writing. .
  The small parlour displays family portraits.
  The Grand Salon shows the pleasures of indoor games.
  The chateau's plan shows that it is twice as wide as it is deep, with a suite of state rooms distributed around a central hall supported by Ionic columns. The layout of the suites (each leads to the next) and the rounding of all the corners, help to spread the natural light throughout each room. The quality of the wood panelling in the main room is remarkable. The furniture is a comprehensive list of 18th century craftsmanship.
  There are many curiosities too: a chandelier with real goldfish in a bowl, a travelling enema kit and a ‘'voyeuse’', a chair with a padded elbow-rest upon which elegant ladies would kneel or sit whilst playing indoor games, so as not to crumple the arrangement of their dresses over wide panniers.
caption: The suite of rooms en filades
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