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The
dining room was constructed in 1880. During the renovations of 1885-1886
several changes were made: a single large doorway was made from two
doorways at the west wall, a large bay window was made from a window
on the east wall, and a doorway on the north wall was made from a
window.
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Tiffany-style stained glass in the bay window panes shows the
period predilection for textured glass in various shades of blue
and purple interspersed with multi-colored cabochons and square
glass tiles at the border. |
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panes in the door to the porch are more naturalistic, typical
of the mid-1880s when the vogue for more spare floral ornament
was wide-spread. |
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tiles in the fireplace are of several different types. Some of the
tiles were supposedly painted by Lucretia. This kind of craft hobby
was quite popular for women during the last quarter of the nineteenth
century. In her 1881 book How to Furnish a Home, Ella Rodman
Church wrote that "a few flower-tiles...give light and life,
and, with some pieces of china or brass, encourage a spirit of cheerfulness
which we in our overworked land so grievously need." Lucretia
owned this book and her copy at Lawnfield is inscribed with her
name and the date 1881. One of the tiles is initialed LC or LG.
Another of the tiles ininitialed AG 1880, presumably for Abram Garfield,
the fourth son, who later went on to become an architect. The other
tiles could have been painted by the Garfield children or other
amateurs. |
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