LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW COLONIAL HOMES MAY HAVE LOOKED.(HOME & GARDEN) From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: October 27, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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IT APPEARS our forefathers' tastes in interior design were different than previously thought.

A study conducted before the restoration of two of the most important exhibition buildings owned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the 18th-century homes of George Wythe, circa 1750, and John Brush, circa 1718, provided new insights.

The architectural investigation revealed information on the use of rooms and the association of ...