Collection Preservation of the White House
In the 1960s, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy oversaw the task of restoring the White House interiors and thus founded the...
Oval Office During George H. W. Bush Administration
Oval Office During George H. W. Bush Administration
Creator: Erik Kvalsvik, April 1991.
The George H. W. Bush Oval Office, decorated in blue, gold, and ivory. The oval carpet was blue with a gold and ivory Presidential Seal in the middle. The draperies were steel blue. Two new cream-colored sofas were added, and the armchairs on either side of the president's desk, which had been in the Oval Office since the Hoover administration, were recovered in blue.
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