Dormitorul regal - Muzeul Naţional Cotroceni

Apartamentul regal

Apartamentul regal încearca sa reconstituie atmosfera dorita de primul comanditar al palatului, regele Carol I, care aprecia vechile stiluri germane în decorarea interioarelor.

Compus dintr-o camera de lucru si un dormitor, apartamentul ni se înfatiseaza în culorile sobre ale lemnului de stejar si nuc prezent în lambriuri si piese de mobilier. Tapetul, auriu stins din camera de lucru sau cel ocru din dormitor, completeaza armonia calma a interioarelor.

Camera de lucru, mica, intima, are doar câteva piese de mobilier: pupitrul de lectura, din lemn de cires si esente exotice, bogat decorat cu ghirlande si cascade florale prezente pe picioarele si centura piesei, reliefeaza monograma "E" surmontata de coroana regala cu deviza "FIDELITATE - VERITATE", ca si scutul heraldic al familiei de Wied. La acest pupitru, poate, au fost scrise minunatele povesti semnate Carmen Sylva.

Dormitorul, încapator, cu semineu din marmura, o masa si câteva fotolii ce trec aproape neobservate, patul monumental dominând încaperea. Tablia mare, supraînaltata, cu montanti masivi marcati de scuturile heraldice ale familiilor de WIED si HOHENZOLLERN, prezinta central, încadrata în medalion oval, alegoria noptii. Tablia mica, usor arcuita, cu panou casetat si bogat decorat, are pe latura inferioara un cartus ce dateaza piesa 1876.

(Extrase din ghidul Muzeului National Cotroceni)

The Royal Apartment

The royal apartment tries to reconstitute the ambiance wished by the first commissioner of the palace, King Charles I, who appreciated old German styles in inside decoration. Made of a workroom and a bedroom, the apartment appears in the sober colours of the oak and walnut wood of which the matched siding and the furniture are made. The wallpaper-pale golden in the workroom and ochre in the bedroom - completes the calm harmony of these spaces. The small and intimate workroom has only few pieces of furniture: a reading desk of cherry wood and exotic essences richly adorned with garlands and floral cascades on the feet and middle band of the piece, has the monogram "E" surmounted by the royal crown, with the motto "FAITHFULNESS-TRUTH", as well as the coat of arms of the Wied family. It was perhaps at this desk that the beautiful tales signed by Carmen Sylva were written.

The bedroom is large, with a marble fireplace, a table and several armchairs which are almost unnoticeable as compared to the monumental bed that dominates the room. The big panel with massive supports marked by the coats of arms of the WIED and HOHENZOLLERN families, has in the middle the allegory of night in an oval medallion. The small panel, which is slightly arched, with a cased, richly adorned board, has on the lower side a scroll which bears the date: 1876.

Two paintings: "Party Scene" (the Flemish school, 18th century) and "Still Life" (the German schol, 19th century) complete the atmosphere.

(Excerpts from The Cotroceni National Museum Guide)