CASTLE OF WHIPPED CREAM (60). "State of the curiosities ther - Lot 203

CASTLE OF WHIPPED CREAM (60). "State of the curiosities there is to see in Chantilly." Manuscript of 3pp in-folio from the mid-18th century. Essay written by a scholar of the time. Interesting description of the place: "The Stables make a lovely piece. The Comedy Room, which is beautiful. The Theatre has a perspective of eight to ten toises long by six wide. The dressing rooms, which are also very beautiful, are lined with green Damascus cloth bordered with silver fringes and at the end with mirrors of the same work. In the Cabinet of Arms. There are weapons of the savages. All sorts of weapons of war, both ancient and modern, with the breastplate and hat worn by Mr. Prince de Condé in the army . In the Garden: The Deer Gallery, the Orangery, the Pavilion of Venus, the Isle of Love with its various games; a pendulum, a rocker, a shuffleboard...In the ponds, Carps weighing about 20 to 30 pounds and which are very old, In the small Castle; the King's antechamber, the Council Chamber, the Playroom, the bedroom, the small boudoir of his Majesty, the Queen's Antechamber, ... The King's Gallery where all the battles that His Majesty has fought are painted, the Chapel, In the little Castle: The Prince's antechamber, his living room, the Bedroom, the Physics Cabin, His Highness' natural history cabinet... In the Park... In the Hamlet. In the Labyrinth, In the Menagerie..."