Mesdames’ Apartments

The ground-floor windows face the gardens, below the great state rooms. These apartments housed daughters of Louis XV, who were known at court as Mesdames. Adélaïde and Victoire remained at Versailles until the Revolution. Their rooms changed repeatedly as members of the royal family moved in and out. The later history is visible in the way the rooms have been recovered. King Louis-Philippe converted them for his museum of French history. Restoration and refurnishing, completed in 2013 after a long programme, returned them to the form of princely apartments. Look at the doorways and wood panelling as well as individual furnishings. A bedroom, library and private chamber belonged to a lived-in sequence within the larger palace.