The White House : its historic furnishings and first families / by Betty C. Monkman ; principle photography by Bruce White.
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Washington, D.C. : New York :
White House Historical Association ; Abbeville Press,
©2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The President's house in the early years, 1789-1814
- French taste at its White House zenith, 1817-29
- The People's president and the Jacksonian Era, 1830-40s
- Revivals of the "Antique" at mid-Century, 1850s-60s
- Renaissance revivals and the Aesthetic Movement, 1870s-1890s
- National identity and the Colonial Revival, 1900-1950s
- A museum evolves from a collection
- Important acquisitions, 1961-2000.