Blue Room, Chester A. Arthur Administration

This photograph of the Blue Room was taken between 1883-1884, during the Chester A. Arthur administration. In 1882, President Arthur commissioned Louis Comfort Tiffany to redecorate several rooms, including the Blue Room as seen here. Tiffany used a variety of robin's-egg blue on the walls and the design included an ivory and silver frieze of embossed, hand-pressed paper. The Blue Room is located on the State Floor of the Executive Mansion and is famous for its oval shape, central location, and views of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial through the South Portico windows.