antechambre

Updated: July 13, 2025

In all Russian houses, as, doubtless, everybody knows, the first floor is given up to an antechambre, where guests remove their wraps and goloshes, and behind this room are the kitchen and servants' quarters. All the living-rooms of the family are generally on the floor above. Having once entered this antechambre, my Bob Acres courage began to ooze. "Now, I am not going to be rude," I said.

Lilian Bell - Abroad with the Jimmies