When Marie Leszczynska arrived at Versailles she had the Queen’s bedroom renovated.
The first official order placed with artist François Boucher was for four grisailles (greyscale paintings) depicting the virtues of Marie—Charity, Prudence, Generosity and Piety.
Paintings over the doors also featured Marie’s children. This bedroom was Marie’s home from the time she arrived in France in 1725. It was where she gave birth to her ten children. She died in the bed there in 1768.
Marie ordered the new fabric from the silk manufacturers in Lyon as Louis XV was trying to support them. She chose a crimson silk brocade embroidered with gold flowers. In keeping with tradition, the fabric changed for summer.
