reception room

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A black, polished sliding door delivers you into a reception room whose pomp is disciplined by marble piers, dark patinated-bronze framing panels, and—most memorably—walls sheathed in gold mosaic and red marble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

One of the screens can "within an hour" be turned into a reception room able to host up to 200 people.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

Built for mine owner Amasa Campbell and his family, visitors can see the game room where Campbell entertained Spokane’s big wigs plus his wife Grace’s gorgeous all-pink reception room.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

Hours after Dominguez was arraigned, hundreds of relatives and friends of Najm gathered in a reception room on the UC Davis campus to celebrate his life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

“In the reception room they were packing apples to sell to the staff, and I asked them if I could buy some for Dad. One of them said, ‘Buy apples for your father?

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang