HABSBURG Old Imperial Castle Vienna MARIE ANTOINETTE ROOM Vintage Postcard

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HABSBURG Old Imperial Castle Vienna MARIE ANTOINETTE ROOM Vintage Postcard:
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I plan to list 24 different postcards from this magnificent series showing the rooms of the Habsburg palace in Vienna, Austria. Please check back for them if you are interested.Publisher: J. Jaunbersin pinx. Circa 1930For condition, please see actual scans. Most have little wear and aging.
Reverse of card reads:Ehem. kaiserl. lustchloss schoebrunn wien.Maria-Antoinetten-ZimmerA volt csaszari kastely schonburnnbanMaria Antoinette szoba.Ancien chateau de plaisance imperial de Schoenbrunn VienneChambre Marie-Antoinette.Schoenbrunn, the Old Imperial Castle of Pleasure, Vienna.Marie-Antoinette Room.Palazzo imperiale pristino di Schoenbrunn, ViennaStanza Maria-Antonetta.
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MARIE ANTOINETTE ROOM.

The painting in the middle shows Emperor Franz Joseph at the age of 20.The room is named after a tapestry which formerly hung here showing Marie Antoinette and her children. It was a gift from Napoleon III to Emperor Franz Joseph and is today in the private ownership of the Habsburg family.

During Empress Elisabeth\'s time, this room served as adining room. The emperor himself determined the seating plan and conversation was permitted across the table, whereas at court dinners one could only converse with one\'s immediate neighbour in an undertone.

On official occasions French dishes were served, while at family dinners Viennese cuisine and simpler dishes were preferred. These included Wiener schnitzel, beef goulash, beef with onions, steamed dumplings or \'Kaiserschmarren\' (meaning literally \'the emperor\'s nonsense\', a sweet shredded omelette made with raisins and served with fruit compote).

The flowers for the table decorations were supplied by the court garden administration at Schönbrunn. Besides azaleas and hyacinths, the most precious arrangements were made of orchids. In 1900 the palace nursery garden contained 25,000 orchids of 1,500 different kinds constituting the largest collection in Europe at that time.

Schönbrunn Palace

Schönbrunn Palace, the formersummer residenceof the imperial family, is one of Europe\'s most impressive Baroque palace complexes. The land had been in the possession of the Habsburgs since 1569, when the wife of Emperor Ferdinand II. had a summer residence built there in 1642, which she called \"Schönbrunn\". The palace and garden complex built here from 1696, after the Turkish occupation, was redesigned from the ground up by Maria Theresia after 1743. For most of the year, the Habsburgs resided in the countless chambers that a large imperial family needed in addition to the formal state rooms.

Emperor Franz Joseph, who later married the enchanting Sisi and reigned from 1848 to 1916, was born here in 1830. The monarch spent his last years entirely in the palace, which became the property of the new Republic of Austria only two years after his death. Today, the palace is part of UNESCO’s cultural heritage due to its historic importance, its unique grounds and its splendid furnishings.

The rooms, shown to the public on guided tours, are mostly decorated in Rococo style. Most of the walls and ceilings are covered with white-lacquered surfaces with ornamentation covered with gold leaf.