Drawing room
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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 chamb
Reconstructed drawing room of Sir William Burrell; part of the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, Scotland
Middle-class drawing room in Blackheath, London, 1841, painted by James Holland
An Indian drawing room
Great chamber
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The great chamber was the second most important room in a medieval or Tudor English castle, palace, mansion, or manor house after the great hall. Medieval great halls were the ceremonial centre of the
Drawing room
…his wife, or a distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could "withdraw" for more privacy. It was often off the great chamber (or the great chamber's descendant, the state room) and usually led to a formal, or "state" bedroom. In modern houses, the term may be used as a…
Georg Janny, Salon in Makartstil
The great chamber of Old Soar Manor