DINING ROOM. 
In a Dining Room, as the number of guests may be different at different 
times, some provision should be made for either enlarging it by Recesses 
at the end, or on the side; and these Recesses might occasionally be 
detached from the large room, for a small or select party. 
In this sketch some Ornaments are introduced to enrich the Ceiling, 
which from their novelty may appear too fanciful; but the difficulty of 
reconciling the mind to new forms will operate at first against every 
attempt to introduce them. These Ornaments of the Ceiling may be 
subservient to the framing of the roof, and may also supply expedients 
for ventilating the upper part of the room, which is apt, in Dining 
Rooms especially, to retain the rarefied air and vapour that cannot 
descend to the common apertures of doors, windows, or fire-places. 
