Family Room
The Family Room served as an informal sitting room. During the day, the younger children played in this room, watched over by their mother or older sisters. The children received early schooling from their mother in this room. As was typical for this period, the Tredwells took many of their meals in this room. In the evening, a servant brought in an oil-burning lamp. It was customary for the father of the family to read aloud to the others as they sat around the table.
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- photo by Max Touhey
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- photo by Max Touhey
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- The family took meals at the drop-leaf table, which was extended by raising both leaves. (photo by Patrick Blanc)
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- This painted tin plate warmer stood laden with heavy plates for so many years that it wore footprints in the marble hearth.
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- The Tredwells likely bought this sofa, ca. 1820, for their previous home, on Dey Street.
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- Above the sofa hangs an engraving, “George Washington and his Generals,” from 1856.
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- A print of Seabury Tredwell’s uncle Samuel Seabury, the first Episcopal Bishop in America, hangs between the windows.
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