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Saturday 26 October 2013

Cheminée

As we are (supposed to be, 22°C/72°F on Tuesday) moving into darker and colder days, here's the fireplace in Hercules' room inside the palace. I had shown you the room's gorgeous ceiling here. There is a part monochrome, part colour photo of a painting on Artsy Versailles.

Comme les journées raccourcissent et (sont censées, 22° mardi) se rafraîchir, voici la cheminée du salon d'Hercule au château. Je vous avais montré le fabuleux plafond du salon ici. Il y a un monochrome partiel d'un tableau sur Artsy Versailles.

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14 comments:

  1. William Kendall26/10/13 00:10

    Beautiful details, but that's to be expected!

    Let's check out that ceiling...

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  2. Sylvia K26/10/13 00:12

    Beautiful detail indeed and your captures are terrific! Thanks for sharing, Ciel!!

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  3. Revrunner26/10/13 01:02

    Oh good! Let's start a fire. :-)

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  4. Randy26/10/13 06:17

    Beautiful.

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  5. VP26/10/13 09:14

    No need of fire here now, but I appreciate the fireplace and the ready logs...

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  6. Birdman26/10/13 14:36

    I wonder. How did roaring fires even attempt to heat these monstrous rooms?

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  7. Lowell26/10/13 15:09

    The grandeur of this place is something unlike anything I'd ever seen...it literally took my breath away.

    Fireplaces are good. I had to laugh, though. We have a small electric one which provides just enough heat on a cool Florida morning. Compared to this fireplace it looks like a mini-stove!

    Ahem...I agree and applaud your desire to post Versailles pics on VDP. But, you have another blog or two...right? ;)

    I'm just pulling your leg. Sort of.

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  8. May Ann Francisco26/10/13 15:13

    Pretty amazing...Beautiful designs indeed!

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  9. Bob Crowe26/10/13 17:01

    When I visit old buildings in Europe with all those fireplaces, I wonder how uncomfortable the rooms were in winter. Fireplaces don't radiate heat very far,the windows must have been very drafty and so on.

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  10. Anonymous26/10/13 17:05

    Quite the details! I'd love to have a fireplace that massive, but it wouldn't need to be so decorative.
    ;-)

    Hope you're having a sunny Saturday!

    ~Lindy

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  11. Wayne26/10/13 22:59

    Whoa, that is a massive fireplace, I've never seen one that uses logs that large, I bet it keeps the room toasty on those cold nights.

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  12. Jack27/10/13 02:57

    Ciel, the artistry and craftsmanship are just amazing!

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  13. PerthDailyPhoto28/10/13 15:37

    A 'Herculean' fireplace for sure Ciel! The details are fabulous.

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  14. Unknown30/10/13 12:26

    Absolutely gorgeous!

    The surgery went fine. The next three days were awful but now I'm OK. Thanks for your care, Ciel.

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