This is the original photo of John Luckett, the gardener of Tudor Place for 44 years. If you want to read the history of Tudor Place, click here:
http://www.tudorplace.org/index.html
One of the hallways.
This portico runs up to the top floor of the house.
A couple of the many sitting rooms.
The bench in front of the fire is George Washington's camp bench.
Dining room table set with one of the many plate collections.
Servant's room.
One of the house servant's shoe polishing items and a knitting basket.
The old intercom system.
I love this kitchen and want to cook in it. A gas and wood burning stove.
A perfect way to store skillets and pots.
So simple yet efficient.
Loving this sink.
I want a pump in my kitchen.
Some yellow ware bowls.
Coffee grinder and tea bins.
A big marble mortar, a butter crock, a mallet and a grinder.
A sauerkraut crock.
The ice chest. Ice was placed in the top and it cooled the food in the bottom.
A history of domestic service through the years.
Some of the extensive china collection.
Silver and glass.
A child's room.
A vintage wheel chair.
Which was used by the owner of the house.
The original tub.
Another bedroom. Look at the size of this bed for that era!
And a bidet.
That is a fireplace shield to the left. When a fire was roaring it was placed between a person sitting there and the fire to deflect the heat.
Toys on the mantel in a child's room.
This is the orangery where lectures are held and outside plants are wintered over.
And you can buy historic plants from the grounds.
* Is anyone having trouble with the new format on my blog? I had The Blog Tech enlarge the photos for better viewing.
Comments
The Tudor Place looks gorgeous. Thanks for the photo tour!
No problems with the format, but it does seem narrower to me.
No problems with the format, but it does seem narrower to me.
My issue is... That although the entire blog is way too wide, to fit on my big Mac screen, I still can not see the full size of the pics. Without clicking and bringing them up, on a separate page. (Like the pic of the bed... Only part of the bed shows, when reading this post.) All of it shows, when I click on pics and bring them up on a separate page.
But when you have that separate pic page up, you can't read the description, which is on your blog.
Picky, picky, picky, I know. -evil grin-
"Auntie"
WOw that kitchen, so many things in there to drool over and want to take home, along with the china collection!! And those tea bins. Thanks for the great tour, great photos! P.S. see any ghosts??
I would love to have that kitchen and especially that stove :-)
Have a great day!
Christer.
No problem with your blog format.
Cheers!
Thank you for the tour. That house was unique for its time and so well preserved. Loved the intercom system. That was state of the art in its time!
for me, the edges of the pictures are cut off when i just look at the blog. need to click on them to see them whole.