The Ladies Parlour dressed in peach
appears when leaving the RED Children's Parlour.
The Parlour furniture doesn't have peach accents,
but rather cranberry, mauve with pinks.
Once again light green plays on the ceiling.
A large light blue area rug with splashes of other colors
lies on the old wood floor.
As much as I loved the RED Children's room,
the peach Ladies Parlour is a very pleasant room to see and sit in.
A lively Docent sharing about this s-shaped piece of furniture
that would have been encouraged to be used by courting couples
with no touching one another.
We could have still gazed into one another's eyes.
The tête-à-tête (head-to-head in French) is a two-seat sofa, basically consisting of two chairs joined together. It is also known by several other names including courting chair, vis-à-vis or gossip couch. All the names suggest that its primary use was for private conversations. They could be found inside the house or in the garden.
Developed during the early 19th century in France, the tête-à-tête was popularized in the Victorian era and were common in Victorian Parlors.
Up the stairs to view the Bed Chambers
and Bathrooms.
What must they have been thinking,
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VAILE MANSION in Independence, MO.
