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Jul 11, 2023 · She is the author of The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families (2000, 2014), and The Living White House (2007, 2013, 2017) and was managing editor of the 23rd edition of The White House: An Historic Guide. William G. Allman is the former curator of the White House, having retired from the office in 2017 after forty years.
Bellangé Armchair, Blue Room (ca. 1963) White House Historical Association. The historic furnishings in the White House provide a glimpse into the ways that first families have lived and worked for over 200 years. These desks, chairs, and other items allow the Executive Mansion to serve as both the home and the office of the president.
Betty C. Monkman, Bruce M. White (Photographer) 4.28. 32 ratings3 reviews. For 200 years the White House has served as the residence of our nation's president and his family. John and Abigail Adams were the first residents, and each family ever since has been able to make the White House a comfortable home and to acquire the necessities for ...
f the White HouseINTRODUCTIONThe historic furnishings in the White House provide a glimpse into the ways that first families have lived. and worked for over 200 years. These desks, chairs, and other items allow the Executive Mansion to serve as both the home a. d the office of the president. Each piece of furn.
FOREWORD: The First Ladies 8 INTRODUCTION: Wendell Garrett (1929-2012) 10 PREFACE: Betty C. Monkman 13 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 17 ONE THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE IN THE EARLY YEARS, 1789-1814 George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison 19 THE WHITE HOUSE From Design to Destruction, 1793-1814 49 TWO FRENCH TASTE AT ITS WHITE HOUSE ZENITH, 1817-29 James Monroe, John Quincy Adams 53 THE BLUE ...
The new furnishings, which remain in the White House collection, came from firms that McKim had worked with on previous projects. The Boston firm of A. H. Davenport, one of the leading manufacturers of furniture in Colonial Revival styles, received the commission for the State Dining Room, Family Dining Room, the Green Room, and rooms in the family quarters that were converted from office ...
