Paintings of rooms looking very cozy and warm but then it’s mid winter where I am. French. Marcel Rieder, painter. Living from 1862 to 1942, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

*Choix de bijoux sous la lampe.* Undated, by 1942. French. Marcel Rieder, painter (1862-1942). Private collection. Image source: Méticuleux. In the public domain. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Choix_de_bijoux_sous_la_lampe.jpg

*Décoration du sapin de Noël.* 1898. This painting is probably the one presented at the Paris Salon in 1898 under the title “*Noël”Christmas* Number 1725. French. Marcel Rieder, painter (1862-1942). Private collection. Photographie by P.F. Rieder. In the public domain. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%A9coration_du_sapin_de_No%C3%ABl.jpg but I found it here https://www.instagram.com/beautiful.classic.world/p/DSV2WmnCB9z/

*Songeuse devant la cheminée*. 1932. Exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1932 under the title “*Dreamer*” (Number 2056). French. Marcel Rieder, painter (1862-1942). Private collection. Image source: Méticuleux. In the public domain. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Songeuse_devant_la_chemin%C3%A9e.jpg

*Un café en hiver.* 1920. French. Oil on canvas. Original exhibition label verso. Marcel Rieder, painter (1862-1942). Image © 2024 Leighton Fine Art Ltd. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.leightonfineart.co.uk/artwork/un-cafe-en-hiver/

The interiors of places. A few of these being in the Royal Pavilion but some not. Charles Henry Harrison Burleigh, English painter. Living from 1869 to 1956, he also painted landscapes, townscapes, and still lifes. His wife and his daughter were artists, too. Sotheby’s has his birth year as 1875. Artuk which is where I found most of these has 1869. I don’t know which is the correct year.

*The Rotunda of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.* Undated painting but ca. 1929-1940 judging by the women’s clothing. English. Charles H. H. Burleigh, painter (1869-1956). © Estate of the artist. Image credit and collections of the Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-rotunda-of-the-royal-pavilion-brighton-74501

*The Music Room of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.* ca. 1923-1924. English. Charles H. H. Burleigh, painter (1869-1956). © Estate of the artist. Image credit and collections of the Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-music-room-of-the-royal-pavilion-74496

*The Music Room of the Royal Pavilion as a Hospital for Indian Soldiers.* 1915. English. Charles H. H. Burleigh, painter (1869-1956). © Estate of the artist. Image credit and collections of the Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/music-room-of-the-royal-pavilion-as-a-hospital-for-indian-soldiers-74492

*The Oak Dresser.* Undated, pre 1924 judging by the woman’s clothing. English. Charles H. H. Burleigh, painter (1869-1956). © Estate of the artist. Image credit and collections of the Worthing Museum and Art Gallery. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-oak-dresser-70105

*Averil Burleigh (1883-1949), Painting at 7, Wilbury Crescent.* ca. 1950. English. Charles H. H. Burleigh, painter (1869-1956). © Estate of the artist. Image credit and collections of the Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/averil-burleigh-18831949-painting-at-7-wilbury-crescent-74498/search/actor:burleigh-charles-henry-harrison-18691956/page/1/view_as/grid

*The Burleigh Family Taking Tea at Wilbury Crescent.* ca. 1947. English. Charles H. H. Burleigh, painter (1869-1956). © Estate of the artist. Image credit and collections of the Geffrye, Museum of the Home. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-burleigh-family-taking-tea-at-wilbury-crescent-hove-133012/search/actor:burleigh-charles-henry-harrison-18691956/page/1/view_as/grid

*By the Sea.* Undated. English. Charles H. H. Burleigh, painter (1869-1956). Signed C. H. H. Burleigh on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © 2025 Sothebys. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/19th-century-works-of-art-featuring-works-from-the-muriel-s-and-noah-l-butkin-collection-sold-to-benefit-the-cleveland-museum-of-art-2/interior

*The Dressing Table*. Undated. English. Charles H. H. Burleigh, painter (1869-1956). Signed C. H. H. Burleigh on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © ©2024 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. https://www.artnet.com/artists/charles-hh-burleigh/the-dressing-table-F0Mp5WsVdixlr-mjtIq-nQ2

The Lunts at home: 150 East End Avenue, New York, New York. Photographs of the city residence of Broadway actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, photographed in 1950. They also had a summer house in Wisconsin.

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue: Bedroom window, featuring a table, lamp, and chairs with embroidered upholstery.* 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52536

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue: bedroom, featuring a bed, drapes, and an embroidered chair.* 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52537

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue: view of vanity and sconces.* 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52538

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue: library [?], featuring chessboard table, bookshelf, and framed tinsel prints.* 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52539

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue: Lynn Fontanne and unidentified man in kitchen*. 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52525

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue: dining room with fireplace and bust of woman in turban*. 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52529

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue:* table with candelabra and ceramic figurines. 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52530

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue:* mirrored sitting room featuring settee, fluted column and pilaster. 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52531

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue:* mirrored sitting room featuring fireplace, Japanese painting and ceramic figurines. 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52532

*The Lunts at home, 150 East End Avenue:* mirrored sitting room featuring settee, piano and painting of bouquet. 1950 image. American. One of a set of what appear to be copies of photographs held in the Ten Chimneys Collection, in a bound album titled *Lynn Fontanne – Alfred Lunt, 150 East End Avenue, New York City, 22 April 1950*. John Seymour Erwin/Bob Reynolds – Erwin Association, photographer. Theresa Helburn Theatre Photography Collection, Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. https://digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/object/bmc52533

The Lunts themselves had no connection with Bryn Mawr. However, American playwright and theatrical producer Theresa Helburn (1887-1959) was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College class of 1908. Helburn had a long and distinguished career on Broadway and was a co-founder and producer of the New York Theatre Guild from 1919 to the 1950s. This collection includes over 1100 photographs related to Helburn’s work on behalf of the Theatre Guild. Which explains why these photographs have ended up in the archives of a college located outside Philadelphia.

1930s ish interior spaces somewhere in Britain with no people sitting on the sofa. Must have all gone out, hopefully somewhere with chocolate cake and strawberries with cream washed down with lime squashes until suppertime.

*The Landing in Summer.* 1930. English. Oil on canvas. Mary Dawson Elwell, painter (1874-1952). Signed and dated on the lower right. Image credit and © Grundy Art Gallery. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-landing-in-summer-150568 though I found it here https://www.threads.com/@beyondbloomsbury/post/DKMMI5dsnBd?fbclid=IwY2xjawKltbBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF4a0huNjk4TEtWV2dINnk1AR5MyKJhD9F_CdKJqZR-gx64k8uvzlxnvrNz6LDTsc9ICGjQCvCAO7j_bN21fQ_aem_cSK5wsBNeiS5zOVzye7rbQ

*The Front Door.* 1940. English. Oil on canvas. Mary Dawson Elwell, painter (1874-1952). Signed and dated on the lower right. Image credit and © Bradford Museums and Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-front-door-23218

*A Sketch for Interior Saint Marys Close (Beverley).* Undated, ca. 1930-1940, by 1952. English. Oil on panel. Mary Dawson Elwell, painter (1874-1952). Inscribed and titled on the verso. Private collection. Image © 2025 David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.davidduggleby.com/auctions/2089/TheAutumnArtSale/53214/

Heading downstairs from the nursery to sneak a few cookies before tea. Maybe after tea, too. Depends on how good the sandwiches are. If they are deviled ham, forget it. Marie-Louise Roosevelt Pierrepont artist. Born in Belgium, she spent time in the United States but then married an Englishman and moved there.

*Private Dining Room, Thoresby Hall*. Undated, by 1984. Oil on canvas. Marie-Louise Roosevelt Pierrepont, artist (1889-1984). Thoresby Courtyard Collection. © Estate of the artist. Image © The Stonebridge Trust. Image credit: The Pierrepont Collection. via artuk.org https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/2025–actor:pierrepont-marie-louise-roosevelt-18891984/page/2 but I found it here https://www.instagram.com/beyondbloomsbury/p/DKDC77Io4GW/?hl=en

*Large Drawing Room with a Malachite Fireplace, Cliffe Castle.* Undated, by 1984. Marie-Louise Roosevelt Pierrepont, artist. Signed on the lower right. Cliffe Castle Museum Collections. © Estate of the artist. Image © The Stonebridge Trust. Image credit: Bradford Museums and Galleries. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/large-drawing-room-with-a-malachite-fireplace-cliffe-castle-23682/search/2025–actor:pierrepont-marie-louise-roosevelt-18891984/page/1/view_as/grid

*Lady Rozelle as a Child.* Undated, by 1984. Oil on canvas. Marie-Louise Roosevelt Pierrepont, artist (1889-1984). Signed on the lower right. Thoresby Courtyard Collection. © Estate of the artist. Image © The Stonebridge Trust. Image credit: The Pierrepont Collection. via artuk.org https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/lady-rozelle-as-a-child-229904/search/2025–actor:pierrepont-marie-louise-roosevelt-18891984/page/3/view_as/grid

*Dining Room.* Undated, by 1984. Oil on canvas. Marie-Louise Roosevelt Pierrepont, artist (1889-1984). Signed on the lower right. Thoresby Courtyard Collection. © Estate of the artist. Image © The Stonebridge Trust. Image credit: The Pierrepont Collection. via artuk.org https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/dining-room-229899/search/2025–actor:pierrepont-marie-louise-roosevelt-18891984/page/3/view_as/grid

Interior spaces painted by Norwegian artist Harriet Backer. Living from 1845 to 1932, she studied art in Berlin and Paris.

*La Bibliothèque de Thorvald Boeck/Thorvald Boeck’s Library*. 1902. Norwegian. Harriet Backer, painter (1845-1932). Signed on the lower right. Part of a current exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Image © the National Museum, Oslo. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Taken from the Musee d’Orsay’s Instagram account. via https://www.instagram.com/museeorsay/p/DDxY-1TKvIZ/?hl=en

*Christening in Tanum Church*. 1892. Norwegian. Oil on canvas. Exhibited at The World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 where it was purchased by Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri USA. Harriet Backer, painter (1845-1932). Signed on the lower right. Collections of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo. In the public domain because the artist died over 80 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Backer_-_Christening_in_Tanum_Church_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

*Homework by Lamp Light*. 1890. Norwegian. Oil on canvas. Harriet Backer, painter (1845-1932). Signed *Harriet Backer Sandviken 90* on the lower left. Collections of the KODE Art museums and composer homes, Bergen, Norway. Image source: *Nordiske stemninger. Nordisk maleri fra århundreskiftet.* Nasjonalgalleriet 20. juni – 16 august 1987. Artwork in the public domain because the artist died over 80 years. ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Backer-Ved_lampelys.jpg

*Bygdeskomakere*/*Country Cobblers*. 1887. Norwegian. Oil on canvas. Harriet Backer, painter (1845-1932). Signed and dated on the lower right. Collections of the National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Image source: Own work, Bjoertvedt, 2010-11-24. Artwork itself in the public domain because the artist died over 80 years ago. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Backer_Bygdeskomakere.JPG

Parlors with the inhabitants all gone out so enough time to look through her ladyship’s love letter collection in the bottom of her needlework basket. Interiors painted by English artist Herbert Davis Richter. Living from 1874 to 1955, he is better known for his still lifes.

*Domestic Interior.* Undated, by 1955. Probably 1920s-1930s. English. Oil on canvas. Herbert Davis Richter, painter (1874-1955). © Estate of the artist. Collections of and image credit the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/domestic-interior-180275/search/2024–keyword:herbert-davis-richter–referrer:global-search/page/1/view_as/grid

An Artist’s Home. 1927. English. Oil on canvas. Herbert Davis Richter, painter (1874-1955). © Estate of the artist. Image credit and collections of the Manchester Art Gallery. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/an-artists-home-205907/search/2024–keyword:herbert-davis-richter–referrer:global-search/page/2/view_as/grid

*A Berkshire Village Interior.* Undated, by 1955 but probably 1920s-1930s. English. Oil on canvas. Herbert Davis Richter, painter (1874-1955). © Estate of the artist. Collections of and image credit the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-berkshire-village-interior-68080/search/2024–keyword:herbert-davis-richter–referrer:global-search/page/2/view_as/grid

*A London Interior.* ca. 1942. English. Oil on canvas. Herbert Davis Richter, painter (1874-1955). © Estate of the artist. Collections of and image credit the Bradford Museum and Galleries. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-london-interior-23041/search/2024–keyword:herbert-davis-richter–referrer:global-search/page/2/view_as/grid

Visions of an ideal living room before the visiting toddler triplets who live next door come in and wreck it. Watercolors of interior spaces by Wisconsin interior decorator Odin J. Oyen (1865-1926), archived at the University of Wisconsin in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. The first image is also his but from a different source.

Rendering depicting the interior dining room for the historic Colonel E. P. Farr House, located at 106 East Wynocka Street, Pierre, South Dakota which was built in 1904. Undated, but after 1904 and before July 31, 1926. American. Polychromatic watercolor. Odin J. Oyen, watercolorist (1865-1926). Image © 2024 Urban Remains. Fair use license for the image, artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Link here https://www.urbanremainschicago.com/rare-early-20th-american-polychromatic-watercolor-rendering-depicting-the-interior-dining-room-for-the-historic-col-e-p-farr-house-executed-by-odin-j-oyen.html though I found it here https://streetsofsalem.com/2024/12/02/watercolor-dining-rooms/

*Rendering of an interior design, parlor or library, perhaps.* Undated design, after 1888 and before July 31, 1926. Published between 1888 and 1930. American. Watercolor. Polychromatic watercolor. Odin J. Oyen, watercolorist (1865-1926). Collections of the Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin Lacrosse. Image © University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Murphy Library. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp;jsessionid=2FE074F9CF90F628AE9EE7006F525E3D?doc_id=4c0dd47f-6176-4744-a0c9-fec0d718656f/wlacu000/00000039/00000036

*Residential interior design, front hall.* Undated design, after 1888 and before July 31, 1926. Published between 1888 and 1930. American. Watercolor. Polychromatic watercolor. Odin J. Oyen, watercolorist (1865-1926). Collections of the Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin Lacrosse. Image © University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Murphy Library. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=4caa8779-7099-4b06-9b7f-cd432d13cbd2/wlacu000/00000039/00000156

There are lots more watercolors that I haven’t used yet, 12 screens in all and I’ve gotten halfway through the second one. I wish I could say I found these by myself but I found the watercolorist mentioned on the Streets of Salem blog which is a history blog but she finds some great pictures.