Dining Room

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Rooms specially designated for dining did not exist in the United States until after the American Revolution. Even then, only the wealthy could afford the rooms since they required new, extravagant furniture forms such as the sideboard, which was used for displaying and storing tableware.

The Dining Room’s shimmering, gold-leaf canvas wall covering, designed in 1927–28 by New York artist William MacKay, is hand painted with peonies, Texas dogwood branches, and garden creatures such as field mice and butterflies.

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scan from file photograph
late 18th century
Lead glass and metal
B.78.3.1
Sauceboat
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.71.112
Wine Glass
c. 1780–1800
Lead glass
B.78.43
Sweetmeat Dish
c. 1760–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.69.222
Butter Tub
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.81.4.A,.B
Tureen
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.56.91.A,.B
Dish
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.56.92.3
scan from file photograph
late 18th century
Lead glass and metal
B.78.3.2
scan from file photograph--image is identical for b.56.43.1 and B.56.43.2.  Not sure which plat ...
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.56.43.1
scan from file photograph--image is identical for b.56.43.1 and B.56.43.2.  Not sure which plat ...
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.56.43.2
Carpet
c. 1920–1930
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the right, KPSI: 154
B.75.54
Side Chair (one of a pair)
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany and holly; ash
B.92.11.2
Side Chair (one of a pair)
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany and holly; ash
B.92.11.1
Armchair
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany; eastern white pine, ash, red oak, sweetgum, and black cherry
B.60.37.1
Image of B.60.37.2, representative of set
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany; eastern white pine, ash, red oak, sweetgum, and black cherry
B.60.37.2
Image of B.60.37.2, representative of set
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany; eastern white pine, ash, red oak, sweetgum, and black cherry
B.60.37.3
Image of B.60.37.2, representative of set
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany; eastern white pine, ash, red oak, sweetgum, and black cherry
B.60.37.4
Dish
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.58.1
Armchair
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany; eastern white pine, ash, red oak, sweetgum, and black cherry
B.60.37.5
Dish
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.56.32.2
scan from file photograph
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.58.2
Sauceboat
c. 1750
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.56.18
Soup Plate
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.57.12.4
scan from file photograph
c. 1755–1770
Salt-glazed stoneware
B.56.14.1
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