The Drawing Rooms Of Old London

Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Impending gloom at the Mansion House, c. 1910 Given the relentless heatwave, I think the only prudent course of action is to withdraw into one of the drawing rooms of old London and close the curtains. A meagre ray of sunlight has filtered through the drapes, highlighting the dust upon the armoire. Stretch out upon the chaise longue, I shall take the sofa where I shall open my copy of War & Peace while my cat will settle upon the fauteuil. These glass slides once used for magic lantern shows by the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society at the Bishopsgate Institute reveal glimpses into the lavish drawing rooms occupied by those at the pinnacle of power in old London, and I can only wonder what the East Enders of a century ago thought when exposed to these strange visions of another world. State Room Chelsea Royal Hospital, c. 1920 Drawing Room at Lindsay House, Chelsea, former home of the Moravians, 1912 Hall at Fulham Palace, c.…