Collection An Artist Visits the White House Past
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
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Created February 7, 1981.
Mrs. Reagan stands in the Red Room of the White House for this official photograph. Behind her is a portrait of Angelica Singleton Van Buren, and beside her a marble-topped center table made by Charles-Honoré Lannuier in New York and dating from about 1810. In 1982 the oak floors in the Red Room were refurbished, and a rug with a French design placed overtop. The silk wall coverings were replaced, and eight pieces of Red Room furniture in the room were conserved.
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
Biographies & Portraits
Biographies & Portraits
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