Entrance Foyer of the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, VA
The Grand Foyer of the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg Virginia. The richly carved wooden wall paneling, marble floor tiling, and a marble mantelpiece were created to exhibit the wealth and power of the royal governor, who served as the Crown's official representative in Virginia.
Note the display of firearms, swords, knives. Spotswood had decorated it with a display of bayonet-tipped muskets when William Byrd came to visit that month. Another act to finish and beautify the residence passed in 1713, but it was three more years before Spotswood took up residence, and the work was still incomplete in 1718.
Entrance Foyer of the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, VA
The Grand Foyer of the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg Virginia. The richly carved wooden wall paneling, marble floor tiling, and a marble mantelpiece were created to exhibit the wealth and power of the royal governor, who served as the Crown's official representative in Virginia.
Note the display of firearms, swords, knives. Spotswood had decorated it with a display of bayonet-tipped muskets when William Byrd came to visit that month. Another act to finish and beautify the residence passed in 1713, but it was three more years before Spotswood took up residence, and the work was still incomplete in 1718.