stillroom
Estate preservation room
A stillroom is a room in a large house where distilling, preserving, and other household preparations took place.
Historically, it was where the lady of the house or housekeeper made medicines, cordials, preserves, and cosmetics: The housekeeper kept her recipe books in the stillroom.
The name comes from the stills once used for distilling herbs and flowers into waters and essences.
Purification via vaporization
- cordialsSweet flavored spirits
- tincturesMedicinal solutions in alcohol
- essencesFundamental natures or extracts
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
extracts · elixirs · rosewater · liqueurs · perfumery · alembic · infusions · decoctions
Landed gentry's residence
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
- domesticOf the home
- household managementOrganizing domestic life
- servantsHired household workers
Victorian · Georgian · great house · country estate · below stairs · mistress · keys · stores
Soothing herbal infusion plant
- lavenderFragrant herb, pale violet
- elderflowerBloom from elder shrub
- rosemaryFragrant culinary evergreen
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
peppermint · calendula · valerian · yarrow · comfrey · botanicals · dried herbs · sachets
distillation
Purification via vaporization
- cordialsSweet flavored spirits
- tincturesMedicinal solutions in alcohol
- essencesFundamental natures or extracts
spirits · extracts · elixirs · rosewater · liqueurs · perfumery · alembic · infusions · decoctions · medicinals
manor house
Landed gentry's residence
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
- domesticOf the home
- household managementOrganizing domestic life
servants · Victorian · Georgian · great house · country estate · below stairs · mistress · keys · stores · provisions
chamomile
Soothing herbal infusion plant
- lavenderFragrant herb, pale violet
- elderflowerBloom from elder shrub
- rosemaryFragrant culinary evergreen
sage · peppermint · calendula · valerian · yarrow · comfrey · botanicals · dried herbs · sachets · potpourri
preserves
Cooked fruit in sugar
- jamsCooked fruit spreads
- jelliesStrained fruit preserves
- marmaladesJellied fruit with peel
canning · pickling · potting · curing · conserves · chutney · relish · bottling · jarring · candied peel
stillroomkitchen
Food preparation room
dining room · banquet hall · great hall · scullery · drawing room
stillroomstate room
Private cabin aboard ship
great hall · ballroom · reception room · drawing room · entrance hall