This small room which is accessed via the main stairs, used to be in many cases the first formal reception room. Nowadays, it is the reception of this museum. Some prints of the mid 19th century relating to Madeira have been hung up on the walls of the staircase, reminding us of an epochal environment, along with a mirror framed in carved wood, from a Portuguese workshop of the second half of the 18th century.
On a niche, we can see a sculpture of St. Anthony in gilded wood, polychromed and upholstered, from an interesting local workshop of the mid 17th century. On the first landing, we can see a mid 19th century English print that portrays the parish church of Ponta Delgada, taken from a drawing of James Bulwer and turned into a print by William Westall, dated 1827 and part of the album Views in the Madeiras.
The adapted reception is one of the areas that maintains its original architectural form, where we can also see English and Madeiran furniture of the mid 19th century. As a reference we can see an 18th century small mirror framed in carved gilded wood of Portuguese origin. Of utmost importance are the prints relating to R. Westall’s Costume of Madeira, about 1811, part of an album that was edited between 1811-1813. Still in the reception, we are able to see a print from the album A History of Madeira, edited by R. Ackerman, circa 1821.
