Jeremy Musson reports on the recent campaign to restore the memorable interiors of George and Martha Washington’s country home. Photographs by Gavin Ashworth, courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.

Fig 1: The deep-green dining parlour at Mount Vernon, Virgina, with its 1775 neo-Classical ceiling taken from Plate 62 of Pain’s The Practical Builder.
Jeremy Musson reports on the recent campaign to restore the memorable interiors of George and Martha Washington’s country home. Photographs by Gavin Ashworth, courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.