Marie Antoinette's dairy at Rambouillet.

The Magazine Antiques | October 1, 2000| | Copyright

The Laiterie de la reine (queen dairy; Pl. I) was a surprise gift to the French queen Marie Antoinette from her husband Louis XVI in June 1786. Today it stands half-forgotten in the woods behind the Chateau de Rambouillet, in Rambouillet, denuded of its furnishings, its elegant porcelains, and most of its sculptures.

The dairy was created for a queen who lost her head to the guillotine before having had a chance to use it. It was the apogee of the laiterie d'agrement (the pleasure dairy) and is one of the few examples that survive today. In creating it, the leading ...

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