Mme de Pompadour

The consecration and the château de Saint-Ouen

In addition to this layout, as soon as Madame de Pompadour acquired the estate, a vast project of reorganisation of all the buildings (including stables and dependences) was planned, costing more than 500,000 livres. In the absence of the original plans, a restitution of the ground floor has been proposed. It seems that the architect who supervised this reorganisation was Ange-Jacques Gabriel, who, at that time, directed all the renovation and building works of the different residences of Mme de Pompadour. Using the central "salon à l'italienne" as a pivot, an apartment was created for the King as a counterpart to that of the henceforth Duchesse de Pompadour, making the prestigious château de Saint-Ouen into a reflection of her own status – a symbol of her social and political achievements.