This program looked at the evolution of decorative arts and design in the White House, and its British roots. Speakers were Rufus Bird, who is the Surveyor of The Queen's Works of Art for the ...

The 60,000 objects in the White House’s decorative arts collection — including items such as an 18th-century silver-plated coffee urn used by John and Abigail Adams and a 1981 Sam Maloof ...

Armchair, 1818, mahogany, made by William King Jr., Georgetown, DC, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Ford Sollers, Sr., 1986, photo courtesy White House Historical ...

On white paper, in black ink, at the top: Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design / Smithsonian Institution; Fifth Avenue & 90th Street / New York, N. Y. 10018. Credit Line Gift of Unknown ...