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Parlor from the William C. Williams House

1810–11
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 728
Acquired from a house built for the Richmond lawyer William Clayton Williams (1768–1817), the room’s most notable features are its rich mahogany woodwork and blue-and-gray King of Prussia–marble baseboards. The room’s wallpaper featuring scenes of Paris is a reproduction of the type sold in the United States in the 1810s. The elegant furniture by Charles-Honoré Lannuier and Duncan Phyfe is not original to the room, but further enhances the sophisticated Anglo-French aesthetic of the room.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Parlor from the William C. Williams House
  • Maker: Theophilus Nash (died 1854)
  • Date: 1810–11
  • Geography: Made in Richmond, Virginia, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Mahogany and marble
  • Dimensions: 237 x 239 in. (602 x 607.1 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joe Kindig Jr., 1968
  • Object Number: 68.137
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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