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The Madisons' Dessert Cooler
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- Photograph by Will Brown, copyright White House Historical Association
The Madisons' Dessert Cooler
Creator: Nast Factory, Paris, France, 1806.
This orange, black, and white dessert cooler was owned by President and Mrs. Madison. Madison ordered it from Paris in 1806 while he was serving as secretary of state under President Thomas Jefferson.
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