Drawing Room

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The largest space in the house, the Drawing Room reflects the Georgian architecture of mid-18th-century American interiors and displays furniture designed in the Rococo style (1755–90). The handsome portraits on view in this room were painted by distinguished early American artists, including John Singleton Copley and Charles Willson Peale

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Saucer
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1770–1783
Soft-paste porcelain
B.2012.35
Saucer
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1770–1783
Soft-paste porcelain
B.2012.34
Coffee Cup
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1770–1783
Soft-paste porcelain
B.2012.28
Tea Bowl
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1770–1783
Soft-paste porcelain
B.2012.17
Portrait of Charles Wilson Peale (1741–1827)
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1807
Mezzotint and engraving on paper
B.2003.3
Pair of Andirons
c. 1760–1780
Brass, iron
B.76.242.1,.2
Pair of Candlesticks
The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Co. Limited
c. 1760–1770
Soft-paste porcelain
B.70.30.1,.2
Card Table
c. 1755–1800
Mahogany; yellow-poplar, southern yellow pine, white oak, and hickory
B.70.23
Kerman Carpet
c. 1910–1920
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.70.19
Roundabout Chair
c. 1750–1800
Mahogany; mahogany
B.69.401
Bureau Table
John Townsend
c. 1760–1780
Mahogany; chestnut and yellow-poplar
B.69.91
Card Table
John Goddard
c. 1755–1785
Mahogany; soft maple, eastern white pine, and red cedar
B.69.88
Chest of Drawers
c. 1745–1800
Mahogany; eastern white pine
B.69.39
Side Chair
c. 1750–1795
Mahogany; yellow-poplar and red oak
B.69.34
Easy Chair
c. 1740–1795
Black walnut; white oak, soft maple, ash, and yellow-poplar
B.69.31
Looking Glass
c. 1740–1770
Mahogany veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.29
Looking Glass
c. 1740–1770
Mahogany veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.28
Chest of Drawers
c. 1775–1795
Black cherry; eastern white pine
B.69.26
Desk and Bookcase
c. 1760–1790
Mahogany; eastern white pine, soft maple, chestnut, red cedar, poplar-aspen or cottonwood, white oak, and Spanish cedar or cedrela
B.69.22
Side Chair
c. 1760–1790
Mahogany and cherry
B.69.21
image provided by MFAH Conservation department
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
18th–19th century
Hard-paste porcelain
B.67.12
Candlestick (one of a pair)
c. 1770
Enamel on copper
B.66.17.2
Image provided by MFAH Conservation
c. 1750–1770
Enamel on copper
B.66.17.1
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