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Drawing Room Quotes

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Kate Morton
“It was the Riverton drawing room. Even the wallpaper was the same. Silver Studios' burgundy Art Nouveau, "Flaming Tulips," as fresh as the day the paperers had come from London. A leather chesterfield sat at the center by the fireplace, draped with Indian silks just like the ones Hannah and Emmeline's grandfather, Lord Ashbury, had brought back from abroad when he was a young officer. The ship's clock stood where it always had, on the mantelpiece beside the Waterford candelabra.”
Kate Morton, The House at Riverton

Janet Mullany
“It would be exceedingly awkward to have a dead man sit in the drawing room and make conversation over tea.”
Janet Mullany, Jane and the Damned

Alexandra Monir
“I follow him into a high-ceilinged room upholstered in crimson damask and decorated with bronze sculptures and potted palms. A massive crystal-and-gold chandelier sparkles from the ceiling, sending a glittery ray of light over the matching red chairs, ottomans, and---finally!---a couch, although it looks far more formal than comfy.
The Red Drawing Room is just as rich in art as the Blue, and Oscar proudly points out portraits of my ancestors painted by John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini---names I know from my junior year art history class.”
Alexandra Monir, Suspicion

K.M. Shea
“I recognized the room from my late-night non-fiction reading adventures at Book Nookery as a 'drawing room', because family rooms were for peasants.”
K.M. Shea, The King's Captive