White-and-Gold-Rooms

The suite of rooms on the south side of the palace known as the White-and-Gold Rooms was decorated in the 1760/70s, and with its opulently gilded rocaille décor on lustrous white wall panelling is an outstanding example of Rococo craftsmanship from the era of Maria Theresa.

In the second half of the nineteenth century this group of rooms on the ground floor was used as residential apartments for members of the imperial family. Its most prominent occupant was Crown Prince Rudolf, for whom these interiors served as state rooms when he stayed at Schönbrunn.

When this suite was restored at the beginning of the 2000s, fragments of the original wooden flooring displaying an elaborate geometric pattern were discovered. The floor was subsequently reconstructed on the basis of this historical model.

These rooms are part of the State Apartments Tour.