Find out why -- and how -- dumbwaiters, which Jefferson saw in Paris, were used in Monticello's Dining Room.

2025年1月7日 · With "a greater eye to convenience," Jefferson employed a number of mechanical gadgets at Monticello, including several different types of dumbwaiters. Videos, podcasts, and …

Monticello, Thomas Jefferson devised a system of dumbwaiters that served to physically separate the formal dining room and its attendant service areas, encouraging a free and unrestricted …

Thomas Jefferson designed Monticello to separate the working realm of enslaved people from that of his family and guests. The boundary is particularly fraught in the dining room where …

Own a piece of American history from our licensed Thomas Jefferson's Monticello™ collection. Tiers of shelves on this dumbwaiter can help you entertain with ease. The original dumbwaiter …

In Paris, Jefferson became accustomed to the European practice of serving meals for dinner parties using small tiers of shelves on casters called "dumbwaiters." Later, at the President's …

This mahogany dumbwaiter was built as a reproduction of a dumbwaiter from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello dining room collection. The original piece is attributed to the Monticello Joinery shop …

2013年8月22日 · This article speculates on Thomas Jefferson's invention of dumbwaiters at his home at Monticello. Intended to allow dinner-table conversation to proceed uninterrupted by …

1995年2月1日 · This article speculates on Thomas Jefferson's invention of dumbwaiters at his home at Monticello. Intended to allow dinner-table conversation to proceed uninterrupted by …

Guide David Thorson looks at the various kinds of dumbwaiters Jefferson employed at Monticello.