The hangings in the alcove evoke Madame Adélaïde’s “summer furnishings”.

The apartments of Louis XV’s daughters

Louis XV and his wife Marie Leszczynska had eight daughters commonly called Mesdames who lived at Versailles until the French Revolution. – © Thomas Garnier

This room was once the Iconic Antechamber in the Bath Chambers. It became Madame Sophie’s chamber in 1767 and Madame Victoire’s chamber in 1769. – © Thomas Garnier

Madame Adélaïde’s Private Chamber is currently furnished with extremely fine furniture and souvenirs of the palace of Bellevue, the Mesdames’ favorite residence. – © Thomas Garnier

In 1672 this room, where the Prévoté de l’Hôtel guards were generally stationed, was decorated with trompe-l’oeil effects depicting weapons and statues in fake alcoves. – © Thomas Garnier

Louis XV and his wife Marie Leszczynska had eight daughters commonly called Mesdames who lived at Versailles until the French Revolution. – © Thomas Garnier

The apartments of Louis XV's daughters are symmetrical with the Dauphin’s and the Dauphine’s apartments. They were also turned into museum rooms by Louis-Philippe and were only recently restored to their original condition as princely apartments. The Mesdames, as the eight daughters of Louis XV were known, lived here from 1752. Only two of them, Adélaïde and Victoire, remained until the Revolution, since neither princess married and both lived to an old age.

These apartments have a rather complex history due to the numerous changes in their use and layout over time. Louis XIV originally built a splendid apartment of Bath Chambers here, in the part which currently contains Madame Victoire’s apartments. They were composed of five rooms, including a large vestibule with columns (now divided into three smaller rooms: Madame Adélaïde’s private chamber, the library, and Madame Victoire’s Private Chamber), the Diana Room or Ionic Room (now Madame Victoire’s Chamber), the Octogon Room (now Madame Victoire’s Great Chamber), a bathroom (Second Antechamber), and a second bathroom (First Antechamber). The latter room originally contained a large bath made of Rouge de Rance marble, which is currently in the Orangery.

The apartments of Louis XV's daughters have undergone lengthy renovation and refurbishment work, which began in the 1980s and was completed in 2013. They can be visited during unaccompanied visits.

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