dolls house source information about georgian drawing rooms

Drawing Room

The Georgian drawing room had a formal function. Colour and texture were strong. Large grand houses might have painted murals depicting landscapes and romantic ruins. Curtains would be swagged and draped extravagantly at the windows. Parquet floors would be buffed and shiny. In smaller houses white walls and painted brown woodwork was popular.

Drawing rooms were particularly well suited to Rococo style. This could be seen in Drawing Rooms in France and Germany. In England Rococo flourished less but elements of it were combined with Gothic and Chinoiserie. Arched windows, fretted cabinets and screens and medieval artefacts were combined with Chinese motifs.

The work of Robert Adam was highly prolific in drawing Rooms. He favoured a Classical style over Rococo. Fireplaces, mouldings, stuccoed ceilings and wall panels and Roman and Greek statues, ornaments and artefacts were added to rooms to convey a Classical feel.

The following pieces would be appropriate in a Drawing Room in a Georgian Dolls House. Scale the list according to the social standing of your Georgian family:-

Musical instruments, harpsichord, harp, cello,
Music stand
Glass domes containing birds, flower or shell arrangements
Chandeliers
Adam style fireplace with mirror
Chinese cabinets containing fine china
Family portraits
Side tables
Footstools
Wing chairs
Sofa
Games table
Shelving units fitted in wall alcoves
Clocks
Candlesticks
Glassware
Books
Trinket boxes
Objets
Plates
Occasional chairs
Statues, busts and obelisks
Flower arrangements
Fire screen
Console table
Cushions
Silver coffee or tea set

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