Salonul de vânătoare. Salonul florilor - Muzeul Naţional Cotroceni

Salonul de vânătoare

O ampla arcada imparte in doua un spatiu ce se individualizeaza prin contrast cromaticde inchis-deschis. Plafonul, ancadramentele si lambriurile, elegant sculptate in lemn de tei, opun dominanta de brun inchis albului peretilor si pietrariei de Rusciuc din care au fost realizate pavimentul si coloanele.

Lucrarile de amenajare in forma actuala a salonului de vanatoare s-au desfasurat pe parcursul anilor 1926-1927, cand au fost dezafectate cele doua incaperi realizate de Paul Gotteraeau, salonul bizantin si salonul Ludovic al XV-lea. Pentru decorarea acestei incaperi, regele Ferdinand l-a trimis pe arhitectul Karel Limann la furnizorii traditionali ai Casei Regale. Mobila a fost comandata Casei Bernhart Ludwig din Viena, iar argintaria in Italia. S-a optat pentru un ansamblu in stilul Renasterii italiene, a carei inconfundabila ornamentica o vom regasi si in decoratia ancadramentelor usilor sau in cea a lambriurilor. .....

... Acum, in salon, pe langa panopliile cu arme si trofee ce amintesc atmosfera de epoca, sunt expuse scaune de tip Dantesca si Savonarola, mese si banci combinate cu lazi (cassapanca), decorate cu specificile gheare de leu, cariatide, himere si putti. Lor li se adauga o lada (cassone) discret sculptata in relief, cu trimiteri stilistice spre Florenta secolului al XVI-lea, precum si vase din faianta provenind din atelierele din Deruta si Napoli.

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Salonul florilor

... Vizitatorul paseste pragul unui interior scaldat de lumina filtrata prin vitralii, ce se proiecteaza pe peretii impodobiti cu stucatura, pe semineul din marmura de Alunu, precum si exponate, al caror leit-motiv decorativ floral sugereaza actuala denumire. (din arhiva: "salonul privat al principesei", existent in 1895, avand plafonul casetat printre grinzi, transformat in 1901 in "salon de aur" cu o decoratie de sorginte "secession". Este una din primele camere amenajate de regina Maria.

In atmosfera feerica a acestui salon, inconjurata de piese ce purtau amprenta luxului francez din vremea Regelui Soare, regina Maria a gasit linistea si izvorul inspiratiei sale, scriindu-si (in engleza si romana) atat de mult apreciatele basme pentru copii: Incoltirea unei panselute, Minola, Printesa pierduta, Papusa fermecata a Romaniei, Copila Soarelui, Povestea unei domnite neascultatoare, Cartea de basme.

(Extrase din ghidul Muzeului National Cotroceni)

The Hunting Room

A large arcade divides a space, which is highly individualized by a light-dark chromatic contrast, into two. The ceiling, the frames and the matched siding, elegantly carved in lime wood, oppose their dark brown dominant to the white of the walls and of the Ruschuk stone which the floor and the columns are made of.

The hunting room was arranged in its present form in 1926- 1927, when the two rooms made by Paul Gottereau - the Byzantine room and the Louis XV room - were not used any longer. In order to decorate this room, King Ferdinand sent architect Karel Limann to the traditional purveyors of the Royal House. The furniture was ordered at the Bernhart Ludwig House in Vienna and the silverware in Italy. The option was made for an ensemble in the style of Italian Renaissance, whose very specific ornamentation is present in the way door frames and matched sidings are decorated..

...Now, in the hunting room, besides the panoplies with weapons and trophies that remind of the atmosphere of by-gone times, there are chairs of the types Dantesca and Savonarola, tables and benches combined with chests (cassapanca), decorated with specific lion claws, cariatides, chimeras and putti. To them, a discreetly relief carved case (cassone), having stylistic connections with the 16th century Florence was added, as well as faience pots coming from the workshops in Deruta and Naples...

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The Flower Room

... Leaving the two rooms of the palace in which walnut wood - in the case of the dining room - and lime wood - in the hunting room - create an ambiance specific to German and Italian Renaissance, the visitor will enter a space veiled in the curtains of light filtered through the stained glass windows, projected onto stuccoed walls, the fireplace made of Alunu marble, as well as onto the exhibited objects, whose floral decorative leit-motif suggested the present name. The archive documents mention - as previous phases of this space - "the private drawing room of the princess", which existed in 1895, having a beam cased ceiling, turned into a "golden room" with a decoration of a "Secession" origin, in 1901.

In the magic atmosphere of this drawing room, surrounded by pieces that bore the trace of French luxury at the time of the Sun King, Queen Marie found peace and the source of her inspiration, as it was here that she wrote (in English and Romanian) her so much appreciated tales for children: The Germination of a Pansy, Minola, The Lost Princess, The Magic of Romania, The Daughter of the Sun, The Tale of a Naughty Princess, The Book of Tales.

(Excerpts from The Cotroceni National Museum Guide)