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Reminders of 1814: Mary Latrobe's Tea Box
- Date of Work
- ca. 1809-1811
- Medium
- Wood
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
Reminders of 1814: Mary Latrobe's Tea Box
The French woodblock wallpaper that lines this tea box is believed to be one of the only surviving artifacts from the pre-1814 President's House. First Lady Dolley Madison reportedly gave the wallpaper as a gift to Mary Latrobe, her friend and wife of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The tea box was returned to the White House as a gift from the White House Historical Association in 1971. The wallpaper in the box is by Jacquemart de Benard.
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