Designed by Bélanger, the Pavillon Colombe was commissioned by Vassal in 1769 and housed the mistress of the Prince de Guéméné, Mary Catherine Colombe. Before 1938 Mrs. Wharton, the celebrated novelist, sold the pavillon to the duc and duchesse de Talleyrand, who commissioned J.C. Moreau to remodel it. This lit à la Polonaise is illustrated in situ in the principal bedroom in C. Connolly and J. Zerbe, Les Pavillons, London, 1962, p. 65.

A closely related bed was sold anonymously at Sotheby's Monaco, 23 June 1987, lot 2067.