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Armchairs, Grant Administration Cabinet Room

These walnut armchairs are part of a suite made by Pottier and Stymus Manufacturing Co. of New York for President Ulysses Grant's Cabinet Room in 1869. Until the construction of the West Wing in 1902, the Cabinet Room was on the east end of the second floor in the Executive Mansion.
Artist
Pottier & Stymus Manufacturing Co.
Date of Work
1869
Type
Furnishings
Credit
White House Historical Association
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