drawing-room
Guests are received
A drawing-room is a formal room in a large house where guests are received and entertained.
The term, shortened from "withdrawing room," refers to a space where people withdrew after dinner.
Now largely historical or British, it suggests Victorian-era elegance and propriety: The ladies retired to the drawing-room.
As an adjective, drawing-room describes refined or genteel behavior: drawing-room manners.
Formal domestic gathering space
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
- high teaEarly evening British meal
- crinolineStructural petticoat for volume
etiquette · gentility · manners · courtesy · debutante · lace · brocade · carriage
Small upholstered seating furniture
- chaiseExtended reclining seat
- armchairUpholstered seat with supports
- ottomanBackless cushioned seat
- sideboardFurniture for dishes and linens
escritoire · divan · chesterfield · loveseat · pianoforte · whatnot · etagere · console
Rule by hereditary elite
- eliteSuperior select group
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
- patronessFemale financial supporter
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
blue-blooded · affluent · genteel · refined · polished · fashionable · cultured · cosmopolitan
People received hospitably
- hostOne receiving guests
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- formalityStrict observance of convention
etiquette · hospitality · receiving · cordiality · introductions · calling · visitation · refreshments
Concerning thought and reason
- literaryOf written works
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- artisticShowing imaginative skill
- debateFormal argument on issues
discussion · poetry · recital · musicale · culture · patronage · circle · aesthetics
parlour
Formal domestic gathering space
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- chandelierDecorative suspended light fixture
- high teaEarly evening British meal
crinoline · etiquette · gentility · manners · courtesy · debutante · lace · brocade · carriage · corset
settee
Small upholstered seating furniture
sideboard · escritoire · divan · chesterfield · loveseat · pianoforte · whatnot · etagere · console · secretary
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- eliteSuperior select group
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
- patronessFemale financial supporter
heiress · blue-blooded · affluent · genteel · refined · polished · fashionable · cultured · cosmopolitan · grandee
guests
People received hospitably
- hostOne receiving guests
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
formality · etiquette · hospitality · receiving · cordiality · introductions · calling · visitation · refreshments · announcements
intellectual
Concerning thought and reason
- literaryOf written works
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- artisticShowing imaginative skill
debate · discussion · poetry · recital · musicale · culture · patronage · circle · aesthetics · enlightenment
drawing-roomscullery
Room for dishwashing
kitchen · servants' quarters · utility room · coal cellar · back room
drawing-roomkitchen
Food preparation room
workshop · workroom · laundry · scullery · factory floor
drawing-roomhovel
Wretched small dwelling
slum dwelling · tenement · garret · bedsit · council flat
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