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The White House : its historic furnishings and first families
- Title
- The White House : its historic furnishings and first families / by Betty C. Monkman ; principal photography by Bruce White.
- Author
- Monkman, Betty C.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : White House Historical Association ; New York : Abbeville Press, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- White, Bruce, 1962-
- Description
- 320 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm
- Summary
- With a fascinating text by the curator of the White House, this 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "With the support of the Hon. Walter H. Annenberg White House Publication Fund."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- President's house in the early years, 1789-1814 -- French taste at its White House zenith, 1817-29 -- 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 -- Museum evolves from a collection -- Important acquisitions, 1961-2000.
- ISBN
- 0789206242
- 9780789206244
- LCCN
- 00027085
- OCLC
- ocm43590342
- 43590342
- SCSB-1138218
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library