of the time of Louis XV.; the other, formerly decorated with statues is
attributed to Serlio. The fountain from which the court takes its name has
been often changed; a poor work by Petitot now replaces the grand designs
of the time of Francois I. and Henri IV. Beyond this court we find, on the
left, the Porte Doree, which faces the Chaussee de Maintenon, between the
Etang and Parterre; it was built under Francois I., and decorated by
Primaticcio with paintings, restored in 1835. It was by this entrance that
Charles V. arrived at the palace in 1539....

A staircase now leads to the first floor, and we enter the apartments of
Napoleon I., all furnished in the style of the First Empire. The cabinet
de l'Abdication is the place where he resigned his power. His bedroom
(containing the bed of Napoleon I., the cradle of the King of Rome, and a
cabinet of Marie Louise) leads to the Salle du Conseil, which was the
Salon de Famille under Louis Philippe. Its decorations are by Boucher, and
are the best of the period. It was in leaving this room that the Marechal
de Biron was arrested under Henri IV., in a cabinet which is now thrown
into the adjoining Salle du Trone, (previously the bedroom of the Bourbon
kings), dating from Charles IV., but decorated under Louis XIII. A fine
portrait by Phillipe de Champaigne represents Louis XIII. It is
accompanied by his device in allusion to his vehemence in the
extermination of heresy.

The adjoining boudoir de Marie Antoinette is a beautiful little room,
painted by Barthelemy. The metal work of the windows is said to have been
wrought by Louis XVI. himself, who had his workshop here, as at
Versailles. The richly decorated Chambre a Coucher de la Reine was
inhabited by Marie de Medici, Marie Therese, Marie Antoinette, Marie
Louise, and Marie Amelie. The silk hangings were given by the town of
Lyons to Marie Antoinette on her marriage. The Salon de Musique was the