Kingscote’s Dining Room and the Multisensorial Interior in the Late Nineteenth Century

Abstract

This article examines the McKim, Mead & White dining room at Kingscote (1881), in Newport, Rhode Island, as a multisensorial space associated with the late nineteenthcentury Aesthetic movement in the United States. Embellished with a range of objects and decorative details, this holistic environment stimulated all of its visitors' senses: sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste. Rather than presenting Kingscote as solely a product of a class-driven, Gilded Age society, this study and its digital components instead identify the dining room as an ambient space aimed at educating the senses and exerting a spiritual effect on the dweller and guests.

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