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Product Information. 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 handsomely carrying out its additional functions as nexus for state ceremony and entertaining.
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 ...
Illustrated largely with photographs especially commissioned for this book, as well as historic pictures, The White House focuses on some of our nation's most important heirlooms, including furniture, silver, glass, porcelain, and textiles. Enlivened with stories about the first families and how their furnishings often clashed with the politics ...
11 de jul. de 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.
With a fascinating, anecdotal text by the curator of the White House, this beautifully illustrated, ground-breaking book is the most comprehensive survey ever published of the furnishings of the President's House and the changing tastes of the first families. For 200 years the White House has served as the residence of our nation's president ...
- MONKMAN BETTY C
In 1960, President and Mrs. Eisenhower accepted a donation of early 19th century American federal furniture for the Diplomatic Reception Room. This was the first successful attempt to furnish a White House room in the period of its earliest occupancy, and set the precedent of obtaining a museum-quality collection of furnishings for the White House.
