Pendant que je travaillais Camille et son Chéri sont allés visiter le Château de Biltmore. Mis a part les belles forets des alentours c'est le gros site touristique de la ville. J'en avais déjà parlé la.
J'aurais pu ne rien rajouter de plus, sauf que voila, chose incroyable ils ont pu faire des photos a l’intérieur. C'est normalement interdit, d'ailleurs quand j'y suis revenue on m'a dit que non on ne pouvais pas en prendre. Ce qui c'est passé c'est qu'ils sont tombes sur les deux semaines ou le château a fait un test en laissant prendre des photos aux visiteurs. Donc voici quelques rares photos pour vous donner une idée de la grandeur du site.
While I was working Camille and her Cheri went to visit Biltmore Estate. Besides the great forests around us it's the biggest attraction of the city. I already mentioned it here.
I could have said no more, but incredible thing, they were able to take pictures inside the house. It's usually forbidden, in fact when I went back they told me I couldn't take any. What happened is that they came during the two weeks the house was doing a test, letting guests take pictures. So here are some rare pictures to give you an idea of how grand the house is.
La jardin d'hiver et sa magnifique coupole de verre. La fille de George Vanderbilt: Cornelia, y avait organisé le petit déjeuner de son mariage.
The winter garden and its beautiful glass dome. George Vanderbilt's daughter: Cornelia had her wedding brunch there.
In the pool room to count the points.
The breakfast room, look at the portrait to the right of the fireplace, the painting is a Renoir and it's the original. While the walls are covered with a leather wall paper.
My favorite room: the library. Two stories covered with books in 8 different languages and a giant fireplace with what looks like very comfortable armchairs.
Edith Vanderbilt's bedroom, in one of the towers, bright, feminine, all of gold and purples.
The new thing at the House is that they added period garments. None of them belonged to the family. It's mostly museum collections and movie costumes that the Estate was able to purchase. It gives even better of an idea of what life was here in the early 1900's.
There is also the Louis XV room, as Rococo as it gets, it's covered with gold and red curtains with damask. It could be too much and yet it looks rich and beautiful. It's also one of the rare bedroom with a balcony and the birthplace of Cornelia Vanderbilt and both her sons, hence the crib. This room is part of the newly renovated Louis XV suite.
A childhood dream: a swimming pool in the basement of the house. The lights in the pool are original.
The kitchen, huge, several rooms and large windows open toward the mountains.
A servant's bedroom. Simple yes, yet for the time I feel they were well appointed.
1913 Stevens-Duryea. The last car that belonged to Mr. Vanderbilt. It's not in working order anymore, but it's still quite impressive. Back then there was a lot of small auto makers, nothing like the big companies we know of nowadays.
A traveling outfit from the time.
Ne pas prendre ses photos sans autorisation, merci.
Do not take those pictures without permission, thank you.