Colonial Williamsburg welcomed the Williamsburg Garden Club in celebrating the splendor of the Historic Area's beautiful gardens and landscapes during Garden Day on April 21. The day featured an escorted walking tour of the gardens in Colonial Williamsburg, including landscape details, plant selection, color themes and planting of the Lightfoot House, Lightfoot Tenement, the Williamsburg Inn and The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg. The public got a rare glimpse of the interior of one of Colonial Williamsburg's original 88 buildings.
This Georgian mansion has hosted nearly 50 government leaders from abroad as well as a number of senior U.S. officials during their visits to Williamsburg. The Lightfoot House was furnisehd with period reproduction furniture, textiles, artwork and lighting. The flowers compliment the traditional Williamsburg style. In the dining room, a bouquet of tulips in Colonial Williamsburg creamware makes a stunning centerpiece on the reproduction English walnut table circa 1760. The mahogany dining chairs are reproduction examples of the "Huntsman" style. The wallpaper is handblocked in a typical rococo pattern circa 1765 and documented as being used in a home located o the western shore of the Chesapeake region of Maryland.
The exquisitely furnished parlor includes an original painting from the Colonial Williamsburg collection, "Fox Hunting: In Full Cry" by John Seymour, circa 1745. The painting hangs above the parlor seating furniture, which includes a sofa, open-arm chairs, arm chair and side chair made of mahogany and upholstered in blue "Ludwell Damask" reproduced for Colonial Williamsburg by F. Schumacher & Co. Above the fireplace sit two porcelain figures, "Chelsea Birds" by Mottahedeh. In the fireplace opening, branches of native white dogwood in a Colonial Williamsburg blue Delft pot signal the end of the winter season.
This Georgian mansion has hosted nearly 50 government leaders from abroad as well as a number of senior U.S. officials during their visits to Williamsburg. The Lightfoot House was furnisehd with period reproduction furniture, textiles, artwork and lighting. The flowers compliment the traditional Williamsburg style. In the dining room, a bouquet of tulips in Colonial Williamsburg creamware makes a stunning centerpiece on the reproduction English walnut table circa 1760. The mahogany dining chairs are reproduction examples of the "Huntsman" style. The wallpaper is handblocked in a typical rococo pattern circa 1765 and documented as being used in a home located o the western shore of the Chesapeake region of Maryland.
The exquisitely furnished parlor includes an original painting from the Colonial Williamsburg collection, "Fox Hunting: In Full Cry" by John Seymour, circa 1745. The painting hangs above the parlor seating furniture, which includes a sofa, open-arm chairs, arm chair and side chair made of mahogany and upholstered in blue "Ludwell Damask" reproduced for Colonial Williamsburg by F. Schumacher & Co. Above the fireplace sit two porcelain figures, "Chelsea Birds" by Mottahedeh. In the fireplace opening, branches of native white dogwood in a Colonial Williamsburg blue Delft pot signal the end of the winter season.
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