Good morning!
There was a very busy, bright, room....which was called "The Peacock Room". It was a dining room in the home of Frederick Richard. He was a wealthy shipowner living in London and collected Chinese blue and white porcelain. Freer purchased the room and had it moved and reconstructed at his Detroit home. It was then moved in 1923 to the Smithsonian. The moves must have been tedious since it had so much wooden pieces.
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| The ceiling |
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| Harmony in Blue and Gold (I think the name of the pic) |
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| The other side of the room |
The museum had a display of Islamic artifacts, too. This mosaic caught my eye.
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| Part of a temple that points to Mecca, the holy land of Islam |
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| Let's go on with the vacation! |
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