Peacock Room Sackler Gallery Gold Mural Blue Porcelain Washington DC United States // WASHINGTON D.C., United States — Elaborate gold leaf murals and intricate lattice shelving displaying blue-and-white porcelain define the interior of the Peacock Room at the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries. Originally designed as a London dining room for British shipping magnate Frederick Leyland in 1876, the immersive space was transformed by American artist James McNeill Whistler. Whistler applied oil paint and gold leaf over 16th-century leather to create the central mural, titled "Art and Money;

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