The White House : its historic furnishings and first families
Title:
The White House : its historic furnishings and first families
Author:
Monkman, Betty C.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : White House Historical Association ; New York : Abbeville Press, [2000]
©2000
Physical Description:
320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
General Note:
"With the support of the Hon. Walter H. Annenberg White House Publications Fund."
Language:
English
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.
ISBN:
9780789206244
Format :
Book
