The White House: An Historic Guide |
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19th century Administration American eagle Andrew Jackson architect armchairs artist Bellangé Benjamin Harrison Blue Room bronze bronze-doré cabinetmaker carpet carved ceiling chairs Clinton clock cornice Cross Hall cut-glass chandelier decorated desk Dining Room dinner displayed Dolley Madison draperies drawing room Duncan Phyfe early 19th-century East Room east wall elegant Empire Entrance Hall Executive Mansion fireplace flank France Franklin French furnishings furniture George Washington Gilbert Stuart glass Green Room Ground Floor Corridor guests Hayes historic Hoban included James Hoban James Monroe Jefferson Kennedy Lady Latrobe LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Lincoln Bedroom mahogany marble mantel McKim Mead & White Monroe's north wall painted pair Philadelphia Phyfe pieces pier table Portico President President's purchased Queen Reception Room Red Room redecorated renovation of 1902 second floor settee Sitting Hall sitting room sofa style Theodore Roosevelt Thomas upholstered Victorian west wall West Wing White House WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION Yellow Oval Room York