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Location of the Vermeil Room on the ground floor of the White House. Vermeil wine cooler by English silversmith Philip Rundell (1746–1827). The Vermeil Room (/ ˈ v ɜːr m əl / VUR-məl; French: [vɛʁˈmɛj]) is located on the ground floor of the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States.
The White House's Art collection was established by an Act of Congress in 1961 and grew extensively during the Kennedy Administration. [5] It now includes more than 65,000 objects if individual items are catalogued. [6]
A marble bust of George Washington by sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi (1751–1801) receives conservation work in the China Room.. The White House Office of the Curator is charged with the conservation and study of the collection of fine art, furniture, and decorative objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the White House as an official residence and as an accredited historic ...
From Jackie Kennedy to the Obama and Trump era, "Furnishing the White House: Decorative Arts Collection" chronicles the interior decor of the White House over time.
White House Ground Floor showing location of the China Room. The room in 1918 during the Wilson administration, looking northwest, when it was called the Presidential Collection Room. The James Madison state china service was produced in 1814 at the Parisian factory of Jean Népomucène Hermann Nast .
White House architect Lorenzo Winslow designed a new chimney breast and mantel that, though intended to appear traditional, subtly evokes Art Moderne in its ribbed curved sides. Rebuilt by Harry Truman as a sitting room, it was refurbished in 1960 during the Dwight Eisenhower administration in the style of the Federalist Era [ 1 ] with antiques ...
The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986. ISBN 0-912308-28-1. Seale, William, The White House: The History of an American Idea. White House Historical Association: 1992, 2001. ISBN 0-912308-85-0. West, J.B. with Mary Lynn Kotz. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies.
The seven-foot white elephant statue by Santa Fe-based artist Fredrick Prescott that greets you upon entry to the hotel is a hint at the gallery of art you’ll find inside, with 1950s pop art by ...