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House & Garden 
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Someone has said that breakfast shoidd be eaten in a Jacobean room, but dinner in a Georgian, 
for a Georgian room is both livable and distinguished. The antecedents of this dining room go 
back to Georgian styles as represented in that fine architectural work done in Salem by Mclntire 
and his fellows. The open china cupboard with its shell top, the recessed doors, the distinguished 
paneling are all attributable to the American Georgian style. These architectural features make 
a fitting background for the furniture, which is well-selected American reproductions of antique 
pieces in accordance with the period the house represents. Peabody, Wilson & Brown, architects 
In using Italian furniture one should remember 
that it was originally made for palaces and 
requires a palatial room even today. The 
chairs were high because of drafts and ac¬ 
companied by a stool to keep the feet off the 
cold floor 
Another view of the dining room pictured 
above shows the simple and effective frame of 
the fire opening and the fluted pilasters on 
either side with a portrait let into the paneling. 
The embrasured window with small panes and | 
the rounded door with pronounced keystone ; 
reaching up to the cornice are typical of the i 
era. Peabody, Wilson & Brown, architects | 
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