tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5732092219589845098..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: The layout of a 19th C coaching innUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-78526059552583201352015-01-12T13:19:00.914-05:002015-01-12T13:19:00.914-05:00A Drawing Room was originally a Withdrawing Room: ...A Drawing Room was originally a <i>Withdrawing Room</i>: the room the ladies withdrew to when dinner was over, to sit and talk, drink tea and play cards. The men staying in the Dining Room, smoking cigars, drinking port and getting blotto! From there it became simply a room to sit in, not one for eating.Will Savagehttp://penandpension.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-40905935098572201232015-01-08T16:36:55.171-05:002015-01-08T16:36:55.171-05:00Hi Elena,
you're right, it's a room for ...Hi Elena, <br /><br />you're right, it's a room for entertaining guests. I can (almost) only draw from reading Jane Austen; from that I would say that it's a somewhat representative room which is kept in a good order for receiving guests, but it's also where a family sits on their own, working or playing music - a bit like our modern living room. Guests might be served tea / coffee / snacks to go with the tea there, but not a "real" meal like dinner. In a well-off household, you may have several drawing rooms.<br /><br />From another source: a drawing room in a not-so-well-off household could be off-limits when there are no visitors, _especially_ to the children, so the room is always kept clean and the furniture (it would be the best the family can afford) is kept in mint condition.Julianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-41595363649639109912015-01-08T00:56:23.155-05:002015-01-08T00:56:23.155-05:00What IS a 'drawing room'? I confess mysel...What IS a 'drawing room'? I confess myself confused. Is it a large room where guests just 'hang out together' but don't eat?Elena Jardinizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335079548380273268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-16755901411158928882015-01-07T13:30:18.805-05:002015-01-07T13:30:18.805-05:00Those are much bigger than the inns I imagined fro...Those are much bigger than the inns I imagined from novels. I must be thinking of country inns or something.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com