Composition in Red and Gold: A Comfortable Room Rendered Richly, 1883

This painting by Peter Waddell was made in 2007. The painting depicts the Red Room in 1883 during the Chester A. Arthur administration, with President Arthur's sisters, Mary and Malvine, featured in the composition. In 1882, President Arthur commissioned designer Louis Comfort Tiffany to redecorate a number of the rooms on the State Floor, including the Red Room. Comfort's redesign of the Red Room was decorated inline with the Aesthetic movement of the 19th century. The Tiffany furnishings and decor, including the copper and silver ceiling in a star motif and the Herter Brothers armchairs, are including in this composition. ***Interior use only for publications***