The Castle

The grand bed chamber

The Chinese Salon
According to the taste of the 18C, the salon is entirely decorated by paintings representing daily life in China. They were realised by the painter Gilles Pin who was teaching at the Royal Fine Arts Academy of Toulouse.
This octagonal room, whose vast volume was the scene of balls and festivities, opens out onto the terrace and the park by three large French windows.

The winter salon
Located on the right hand side of the Chinese Salon, coming from the Entrance Hall, the Winter Salon has more intimate proportions.
A series of 17C Brussels tapestries adorn the walls. They are called "Verdures à personnages" which means tapestries with mainly a vegetal decoration and some characters. Originally they were laid out in one of the Toulouse private mansion and were moved to Merville after the construction of the castle.

The grand bed chamber
The room is shown as it was in the 18C with its suspended canopy bed and its silk and needlework original fabrics. The walls are adorned with the next 16C Brussels tapestries.
The regional Louis XV armchairs and chairs are covered with their original silk and velvet materials: because of existing hooks, the covers could be changed twice a year.
The secretary in marquetry is from Louis XVI period.
The cradle is from Napoleon III period.
The cupboard is Empire style (French style during the reign of Napoleon I 1804-1815).

The bureau
In this room, 16C tapestries line the walls: they are also from Brussels and show scenes of the Trojan War. Their wide borders show the quality of the work of the weavers.
Their colours have been remarkably preserved: blue and red are predominant. The four panels above the doors represent the Henri-Auguste de Chalvet-Rochemonteix family, under the allegory of the four seasons.