room will reduce considerably the main objection tosuch a scheme, and the lingering odours of the food will not be so much inevidence as in a small room. By following an ancient usage, the table may be of the trestle or gate type,and may then be removed when not required and placed against the… … Q o O o O ^ tu - u £ -J Q < UJ HOUSES AND GARDENS When the dinner is being laid the curtains which screen the recess fromthe room may be drawn across the opening, the table being laid from the smallserving-room adjoining the dining recess, and so it is not necessary for theservant to pass…
Architecture, Domestic
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