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Monroe dessert service pieces
- Artist
- Unknown
- Photographer
- Bruce White
- Date of Work
- 1797
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Bruce White for the White House Historical Association/Collection of the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library
Monroe dessert service pieces
Pieces from a porcelain dessert service from the James Monroe Museum collection used by the Monroes for private family meals. The pieces are French, c. 1797; the maker is unknown.
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