Rethinking two houses at Colonial Williamsburg.

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has rethought the Brush-Everard House and the George Wythe House in Williamsburg, VA. New insights were gained in associating wallpaper and paint colors during the eighteenth century while rethinking the two houses.

Recently the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia, has rethought the Brush-Everard House (Pl. I) and the George Wythe House (Pl. IV), both of which date from the eighteenth century and retain much of the early building fabric.(1) Studying these two quite different houses and attempting to return each to its ...

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