The places that would never be seen except by the people who worked here, they decorated just like they did the rest of the house.
She was probably dressed that way during most of the first 10 years she lived here.
There are a lot of things in the house that you would have seen in Italy in the 1850s.
They did what a lot of young people who could afford it did. They went to Europe to make the grand tour.
It only had letter identification for plants. The key was lost.
It just had everything that was available at that time.