On the Road — Hillwood Estate & Museum, Washington, D.C.
Dining room. The table was set with Staffordshire dinnerware Post had made to mimic the 18th-century rose colored Sévres dishes on display in the cabinet on the right.
We traveled to Washington, D.C., for a visit and spent an afternoon at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. Hillwood was the home of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887–1973), heir to the Post Cereal Co. empire, businesswoman, socialite and philanthropist. Post bought the house and property in 1955. It sits on the edge of Rock Creek Park, […]