| A Sip Of Tea - Studio # 551
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This picture can also be found with the title Clarinda At Home
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This picture was taken in Wallace Nutting's Southbury, CT home he called "Nuttinghame". When he sold this house in 1912, the retired banker who had already made a deposit and was assured that he "owned" the house said, "I don't mind telling you that wild horses could not have pulled me out of this room."
Note that in this photograph the ceiling is plastered while in other photographs taken in this room the ceiling beams are exposed. Wallace Nutting explains: "The ceiling of the home-room was dilapidated plaster. This was removed and the beams thus exposed were cased in and painted white, thus giving us a little more head space and greatly enhancing the charm of the room."
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This room was used as a backdrop more often than any other. I know of at least twenty-two other titles that were photographed in this room alone. They are:
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| 17th Century, #10 |
Christmas Jelly, #52 |
| A Plate of Cookies, #67 |
The Cup that Cheers, #72 |
| A Bit of Sewing, #173 |
Comfort and A Cat, #545 |
| Bean Porridge Hot, #591 |
Thanksgiving Goodies, #595 |
| The Tea Maid, #602 |
Mending, #677 |
| Maiden Reveries, #681 |
An Afternoon Tea, #703 |
| Confidences, #704 |
Prudence Drawing Tea, #707 |
| The Maple Sugar Cuppard, #734 |
The Home Room, #745 |
| An Elaborate Dinner, #746 |
The Window Garden, 771 |
| A Dilatory Escort, #772 |
The Work Basket, #2736 |
| Clarinda at Home |
Sewing By The Fire |
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