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Title
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Parlor
Subject
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The parlor of Cherry Hill
Description
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Right off the downstairs hallway is the parlor. In the 1850s the parlor was a very formal room, usually reserved for the great events of life - weddings, christenings and funerals. The parlor was generally off limits to children, except for special occasions. The parlor was also the room where company was formally entertained. Mid-19th century entertainment might mean conversation, parlor games, music, singing or dancing.
The furnshings in Cherry Hill are not original to the house but are of the mid-19th century period. Some of the furniture in the parlor is from the DAR collection. The setting reflects a middle to upper-middle class lifestyle. While not as extravagant as a plantation home, the house certainly reflects the lifestyle of a family with a profitable farming enterprise. The parlor was a place to display more elaborate, expensive pieces revealing one's tastes and refinement. In the 1850s this could mean a fine whale oil lamp, fancy candlesticks or a melodiane
Publisher
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Cherry Hill
Date
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1850s
Language
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English
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Pin Cushion/ Spool Holder
Description
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Rods held spools of thread.
Source
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FCHF
Publisher
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Cherry Hill
Date
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19th century
Language
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English
Type
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Physical object
19 century
FCHF
Parlor
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Dinning Room
Description
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The dining room was the center of home life in the mid-19th century. Here the family gathered three times a day for meals. In this room parents and children could eat, talk, and play games in a relaxed atmosphere of informality. The family grew most of the food served in this room. While at Cherry Hill, the Blaisdells (1857-68) grew a variety of crops, fruits and vegetables. In addition, they raised chickens for personal consumption and to sell at the market in Washington, D.C. Items they would have purchased at the town general store included salt, sugar, spices, coffee, tea, and flour. Among the more unusual items purchased by William H. Harvey, the first owner of Cherry Hill (1844-1846), were raisins, a coconut, and a barrel of herring.
The "ponderous sideboard" was essential to a well furnished dining room of the mid-19th century. The family stored their silver and table linens in the sideboard. Younger members of the family were more interested in the large cookie tin often kept in the sideboard.
Note the woodwork in the room. Mantels in farmhouses were usually made of wood and painted. It was unusual to have a cupboard built into the room.
The wallpaper in this room is a documented reproduction of a pattern found in General Moore's home in Winchester, Virginia in 1861. Remnants of this wallpaper were found during the restoration of the Moore house. During the Civil War, General Stonewall Jackson for a time had his headquarters in the Moore home. In a letter to his wife Jackson described the wallpaper as follows, "The walls are papered with elegant gilt paper. I don't remember to have ever seen more beautiful papering ... If I only had my little woman here, the room would be set off."
Language
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English
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Title
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Sideboard
Description
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From the Empire period.
Source
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FCHF
Publisher
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Cherry Hill
Language
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English
Type
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Physical Object
dinning room
FCHF
-
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Title
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Silverplate Calling Card Tray
Description
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Calling Card Tray - footed; silverplate over copper; probably English. These trays were kept on hall tables so visitors could leave their calling cards. Purchased in Virginia, 1998.
Publisher
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Cherry Hill farmhouse
Language
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English
Type
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Physical object
Date
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1998
1998
Calling Card Tray
FCHF
-
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Title
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Downstairs Hall
Subject
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This is the entrance hallway for the farm house.
Description
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This large hall got a cross breeze in the summer when the doors on either side were opened.
Language
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English
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Title
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Walking Stick
Description
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38" long. Date carved in stick 6 inches from the top is 2A
1847. It was Purchased August, 1998 in Statesville, N. C.
Source
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FCHF
Publisher
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Cherry Hill
Date
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1998
Language
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English
Type
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Physical object
1998
cane
downstairs hall
FCHF