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A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained, and an alternative name for a living room. The name is derived from the 16th-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber , which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. [ 1 ]
A Greek Revival parlour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space. In medieval Christian Europe, the "outer parlour" was the room where the monks or nuns conducted business with those outside the monastery and the "inner parlour" was used for necessary conversation between resident members.
In large, formal homes, a sitting room is often a small private living area adjacent to a bedroom, such as the Queens' Sitting Room and the Lincoln Sitting Room of the White House. [ 4 ] In the late 19th or early 20th century, Edward Bok advocated using the term living room for the room then commonly called a parlo[u]r or drawing room , and is ...
Drawing Room vs. Den. KEVIN J. MIYAZAKI. A den is traditionally a smaller room where “a person can pursue an activity in private,” says the Oxford English Dictionary. Back in the day, a den ...
A drawing room play is a type of play, developed during the Victorian period in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. They set middle-class characters confronting a social problem of the time with a comedic twist. [1] The play is formed from a blend of three parts: part well-made play, part society drama, part comedy of manners. [2]
A parlour or parlor game is a group game played indoors, named so as they were often played in a parlour. These games were extremely popular among the upper and middle classes in the United Kingdom and in the United States during the Victorian era. The Victorian age is sometimes considered the "Golden Age" of the parlour game. [1]
This Drawing Room Brings One of the World's Most Famous Paintings to Life. Lauren Wicks. October 23, 2024 at 6:00 AM. This Swoon-Worthy Lounge Is Inspired by a Painting Nick Sargent.
Hall and parlor house: a two-room house, with one room (the hall) larger than the other (the parlor) [5] Central-passage or central hallway\corridor : a three-room house, with a central hallway or passage running front-to-back between the two rooms on either side of the house [ 6 ]