Press Photo A bedroom suite in the Schwamm's home in New Orleans - noc36752

She'll make this small concession to history. "Well, that is a George Washington chocolate cup and saucer on the mantelpiece," offers Claire Schwamm and an impish smile. She is sitting in the charming library of her lower Garden District home with her sister Ann Schwamm, who states surely that "I don't think I want a house to be mutilated, but I certainly don't want outmoded things in a house just keep it authentic. "Such as wood stoves and overhead toilet tanks, indelicate problems that have been compromised with a delicate chaise percee in each of the bathrooms in the Schwamm residence.

Photo is undated.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.