https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/files/original/000c17e6acc417e51d1b6c1f23fc0881.jpg a5aab5f6386d39d556d5fec5fb46afad Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photograph of John and Anne’s chairs (July 2016) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Banks III, Jesse Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-07-28 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jennifer Shook Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Description An account of the resource Instead of cozy armchairs, a traditional parlor would have been filled with the kinds of uncomfortable looking wooden chairs that encircle this room. These straight-back chairs offered little in the way of comfort or padding. They communicate much about the kinds of refined, ritualized behaviors expected in the formal setting of the Victorian-era parlor. With the invention of spring-seated furniture in the 1830s and the decline in popularity of formal parlors, rooms like this that once acted as public spaces for formal visiting would have become more comfortable, family-oriented places. The Brown’s “den” or “study” became a space for John and Anne to have a moment of peace together after dinner. The two would have cozied up in front of the fire in the two armchairs—John in the red velvet upholstered lounge and Anne in the pink-and-white seat—with a book and a cocktail, the room filled with smoke from Anne’s cigarettes.