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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration - Volume 6, No. 10

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .THE
Brochure Series
OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATION. 1900. OCTOBER No. 10. THE CHÂTEAU OF CHAMBORD:
FRANCE

The Château of Chambord is one of the most unique palaces of the Renaissance in existence. "It is," writes Jules Loiseleur, "the Versailles of the feudal monarchy; and was to the Château of Blois, that central residence of the Valois, what Versailles was to the Tuilleries,—the country-seat of royalty. Tapestries from Arras, Venetian mirrors, curiously sculptured chests, crystal chandeliers, massive silver furniture, and miracles of all the arts, were amassed in this palace during eight reigns, and dispersed in a single day by the breath of the Revolution.

LANTERN OF THE GREAT STAIRCASE CHAMBORD

"It has often been asked why Francis I., to whom the banks of the Loire presented many marvelous sites, selected such a wild and forsaken spot in the midst of arid p. . . Read More