Billiard / Sitting Room - Eastman House
This is a close up George Eastman's billiard table and the lighting fixture above it, located in the Billiard / Sitting Room at the mansion. To the right of the billiard table is a raised platform for watching billiards and also used for storage. The woodwork for the Billiard Room is teak. This is the same exotic species of wood which has been in use for shipbuilding and in fine architecture for more than 2,000 years. The wood was fashioned into shallow panels that showed the grain and color of the wood to its best advantage, and the floor boards were joined with butterfly pegs. This room however, was used for only a short time as a billiard room. Eastman had the billiard table moved upstairs to his second-floor bedroom in 1908, making this room into an informal stitting room with much of the same furniture. The decision was made to restore it as the earlier Billiard Room to show Eastman's informal and recreational side. Located at the George Eastman House and Gardens, 900 East Ave, in Rochester, NY.
Billiard / Sitting Room - Eastman House
This is a close up George Eastman's billiard table and the lighting fixture above it, located in the Billiard / Sitting Room at the mansion. To the right of the billiard table is a raised platform for watching billiards and also used for storage. The woodwork for the Billiard Room is teak. This is the same exotic species of wood which has been in use for shipbuilding and in fine architecture for more than 2,000 years. The wood was fashioned into shallow panels that showed the grain and color of the wood to its best advantage, and the floor boards were joined with butterfly pegs. This room however, was used for only a short time as a billiard room. Eastman had the billiard table moved upstairs to his second-floor bedroom in 1908, making this room into an informal stitting room with much of the same furniture. The decision was made to restore it as the earlier Billiard Room to show Eastman's informal and recreational side. Located at the George Eastman House and Gardens, 900 East Ave, in Rochester, NY.