The Field Marshals' Hall opens the large suite of state rooms in the Winter Palace. The interior was restored after the fire of 1837 by Vasily Stasov close to the original design of Auguste de Montferrand (1833-34). The classically strict doors are accentuated with portals. The two longer walls are adorned with double pilasters bearing the entablature of the gallery. Motifs of military glory are used in the decoration of the gilded bronze chandeliers and the grisaille paintings of the ceiling. Before the revolution formal portraits of the Russian field marshals were placed in the niches, hence the name of the hall. The "Big" French carriage (early 1720s, Gobelins factory) was commissioned by Peter I in Paris when he stayed there in 1717. The carriage is mentioned in the descriptions of two coronation ceremonies - those of Catherine I (1724) and Catherine the Great (1762). Displayed in the hall are also works of West-European and Russian sculpture as well as porcelain articles produced at the Imperial Factory in the early 19th century.