{"exhibit":{"id":27,"title":"Designed Space, Domestic Servitude, and House \"Gifts\"","description":"<p>The construction of\u00a0Gunston Hall was finished in 1759, and George Mason IV lived there until his death in 1792. He was widely consulted about matters of political importance on this property, which could\u00a0bustle with people. How did the manor house maintain\u00a0its grandeur while Mason was the father of\u00a0nine active children, talked with revolutionaries about breaking free of England in the downstairs rooms, and held the mantle of\u00a0\"reluctant statesman\u201d who constantly entertained guests? And there is still\u00a0little contemporary acknowledgment\u00a0of\u00a0the fact that from his home he saw the work of many enslaved people who made Gunston Hall a beacon of American independence.\u00a0<\/p>","credits":"Ayman Fatima ","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":null,"theme_options":null,"slug":"-domestic","added":"2023-03-30 20:07:25","modified":"2023-03-30 20:07:25","owner_id":1,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null},"item":{"id":109,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2023-03-30 20:07:16","modified":"2023-03-30 20:07:16","owner_id":1}}