Comedor

The comedor or dining room is a well-furnished area intended for fine lunches and dinners. Crystal chandeliers hang low from the ceiling over the dining table while vajilleras for the crystal, silver and chinaware stand against the walls. A pair of old punkah or ceiling cloth fans hang low at both sides of the chandelier. Traditionally, a servant, using a long cord, would pull on these punkahs to shoo flies away as the masters dine.

Rendered in Estilo Tampinco or the Philippine art nouveau style, the comedor also features original architectural carvings from the Hizon house in Angeles, Pampanga, pieces from the Sullipan collection of the Arnedo-Gonzales family which were given as gifts by the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, early 19^th century chinoisseries, and an 18-seater dining table made of one solid narra panel framed in kamagong.