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18th & 19th c. houses didn't always incorporate #storage spaces as part of the #architecture.
An examination of inventories of houses comparable to Montpelier found that bedchamber closets held everything from #fabric to dinnerware to #farm equipment. Larger storage rooms held extra pieces of carpets, seasonal décor & often old pieces of #furniture.
The sectional #furniture form was unique to the Federal & Antebellum periods in northern & western VA.
Sectional furniture like this reproduction were convenient as the pieces could be brought outside, split into 3 separate seats, or joined in multiple ways.