History of the Sawyer Family

Exhibitions
Paintings by J.Frank Waldo
Wetlands & Waterways
Memories & Dreams
Winnebago Room
Logging & Lumbering
Gallery of Glass and Ceramics
Apostles Clock
History of the Sawyer Family
Ticket to the Past
The Tsar and the President
The Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest
The Art of Jan Brett
Out of this World
Online Exhibit

Sawyer Family Home Dining Room
Dining Room

Sawyer Family Grand Staircase Parlor Library Dining Room Den Other Rooms


Dining room, c. 1912


Then:

The dining room is finished in dark African mahogany and the walls are covered with the original Tiffany tapestries.







The dining room as seen today.


Now:

The Dining Room currently houses the famous 1895 Apostles Clock and other examples of Wisconsin folk art. The original Tiffany tapestries were cleaned and reinstalled in 1999, thanks to a major gift from the Museum Auxiliary.





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