sample room

a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.

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An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

She was a dressy young person, whose father kept a "sample-room."
Peak and Prairie|Anna Fuller
Between them I was dragged up stairs to the sample-room, into which I were ignominiously thrust, and the door locked behind me.
My Friend Smith|Talbot Baines Reed
Hence it is not surprising to find the stock-room not only a museum, but a sample-room of nature, as well as a supply department.
Edison, His Life and Inventions|Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Hastily she adjusted her pompadour and tripped off to the sample-room.
The Competitive Nephew|Montague Glass

Rothman and Zwiebel asked with one voice; but before Milton could answer the sample-room door opened and a young woman entered.
The Competitive Nephew|Montague Glass