The Withdrawing Room was the historic term for a private room adjoining the great chamber to which the family could retire, or withdraw, from formal company, and the direct origin of the modern term "drawing room".
THE SHACKLETON FOX ENCYCLOPAEDIA
The Withdrawing Room was the historic term for a private room adjoining the great chamber to which the family could retire, or withdraw, from formal company, and the direct origin of the modern term "drawing room".
