Drawing Room

This section describes the role of the drawing room in the period house through the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian periods, and on into the 1920s and 1930s. Read about its architectural and decorative features, and typical furniture.

These photos were all taken at Beamish Open Air Museum.

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  Mid-Victorian drawing room
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  Late-Victorian drawing room
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  Mid-Victorian drawing room
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  Mid-Victorian drawing room

As another example, this is a morning room from the 1920s.

1920s morning room