Tudor room

England

c. 1600

Oak, stone, glass, iron

Minneapolis Institute of Art

In 1923, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts installed the Tudor Room as the museum's first period room, calling it the very embodiment of the spirit of the seventeenth century. It was furnished, as it is now, with a rich assortment of tables, chairs, and case furniture that evoke the furnishings and lifestyle of Tudor and Elizabethan England. The oak paneling, which dates to about 1600, was acquired through Arthur Vernay, an antiques dealer in New York, who sold it with an unconfirmed history of use in a manor in Suffolk, England. The paneling was probably once part of a private chamber used for eating, sitting, and entertaining gues