Completion of the Petit Trianon

The Petit Trianon, built between 1762 and 1768 to Ange-Jacques Gabriel's design for Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour, was not completed until 1768, four years after Pompadour's death. It was inaugurated by Madame du Barry in 1768, almost twenty years after the first gardens were laid out in the King's new garden. Because Pompadour had died four years earlier, no female furniture was included in the 1768 orders, and Louis XV's last mistress was content with furniture intended for the lords of the court.