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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
I\JSTITUTIO\JS LE"JDI"JG OBJECTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
Diolomatic Receotion Rooms, Deoartment of State, Washington, D. C.
Harry S. Truman Library, Indeoendence, Missouri
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Metrooolitan Museum of Art, Washington, D. C.
Mount Vernon Ladies Association, Mount Vernon, Virginia
Museum of History and Technology, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
\fational Archives and Records Services, Washington, D. C.
"Jational Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D. C.
N"ational Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
"Jational Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C.
"Jew York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, "Jew York
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelrhia, Pennsylvania
Philadelohia Museum of Art, Philadelohia, Pennsylvania
Toledo \.1useum of Art, Toledo, Ohio LOANS TO THE WHITE HOUSE 1969-1974
FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS
English silver cake basket made by Robert Garrard, 1804, believed to have belonged to James Madison, Lent by Mrs. Morton Iler.
Four French porceain plates with floral decoration, circa 1810, used by James Monroe, Lent by Mr. Laurence G. Hoes.
Four French porcelain dinner plates and two soup plates, circa 1790, used by George Washington. Lent by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union.
Five pieces of Presidential porcel:ain from the administrations of Washington, Monroe, Taylor and Jackson, Lent Anonymously.
Chippendale tea table made in New York, circa 1765-1770. Lent by Mr. Mitchell Taradash,
Chippendale highboy made in Philadelphia, circa 1760-1770, Lent by The Dietrich Foundation,
:--iewport, R. I. blockfront slant top desk, circa 1760-1775. Lent by 'lfie Dietrich Foundation.
Set of six Oiippendale side chairs believed to have been made in Charleston, South' Carolina, circa 1770, Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Levon Register,
Federal banjo clock made in Concord, Massachusetts by Lemuel Curtis, circa 1816, Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Levori Register.
Sheraton card table in the style of Duncan Phyfe, New York, circa 1810. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. Philadelphia Chippendale pole screen with cabriole legs, circa 1770. Lent by The Dietrich Foundation,
Chippendale block.front chest with claw and ball feet made in Massachusetts, circa 1760, Lent by The Dietrich Foundation,
Chippendale side chair made in Philadelphia, circa 1785 and attributed to James Gillingham. Lent by The Dietrich Foundation.
Mahogany Sheraton drum table attributed to Duncan Phyfe, New York, circa 1810-1815, Lent by Mrs. James Balling.
Federal mantel mirror with panels of reverse painting on glass, lmade in New York, circa 1815, Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York,
American Empire secretary bookcase attributed to Charles-Honore Lannuier, New York, circa 1810-1815, Lent by Mrs. James Balling.
Chippendale arm chair madein Philadelphia, circa 1760. Lent by Mrs. Samuel W. Morris,
Pair of Chippendale brass andirons with engra.ved spiral turnings, made in Philadelphia, circa 1790. Lent by The Dietrich Foundation.
Pair of Chippendale architectural mirrors, late 18th century. Lent by The Dietrich Foundation.
Chippendale card table made in Philadelphia, circa 1760 and attributed to Benjamin Randolph. Lent by The Dietrich Foundation.
Three piece Chinese porcelain garniture in "Fitzhugh" pattern, late 18th century. Lent by The Dietrich Foundation.
Sheraton work table attribute·d to Duncan Phyfe, circa 1810, New York. Lent by Mrs. Edward V. Jones, Pair of French porcelain fruit coolers made by Nast 'a Paris, about 1806, part of a service ordeo..ed and used by James and Dolley Madison, Lent by Mrs, Richard C. Marshall.
Set of ten Chi ppercrlale dining room chairs, possibly Massachusetts, late 18th c. Lent by Mr, M, V, Bailliere.
Pair of EQglish console tables in the manner of Robert Adam, circa 1785-1790. Lent by The Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Suite of French gilded furniture believed to have been purchased by James Monroe in France, circa 1803 Lent by The Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Pair of Chippendale arm chairs made in Philadelphia, circa 1780-85. and believed to have been owned by George Washington. Lent Anonymously.
Sheraton desk believed to have been used by John Quincy Adams, circa 1820. Lent by Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Harlow.
Federal looking glass with gilded eagle. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York.
American Empire card table labelled by Charles Honore Lannuier, New York, circa 181 4815, Lent by Mrs. James Balling.
Two silver tea services made in Philadelphia circa 1825. Lent by Mr. G." G. c. Meade Easby.
Pair of English cut glass wall sconces, early 19th century. Lent by Mrs. Donald Armstrong.
Mahogany Sheraton sofa table, circa 1800-1815, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York,
Classical pier table with marble top and rosewood veneers by Charles Honore Lannuier, circa 1815. Lent by the Metropolitan Muse um of Art, New York, New York. Victorian style brass bed, circa 1875, Lent by Mr, S. G, Stein, IV.
Late Federal American drum table, circa 1810-1815, Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State,
Pair of English argand lamps, early 19th century. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State from Mrs. Webster Smith.
Sheraton card table attributed to Duncan Phyfe, New York, circa 1810, Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State from Mrs. Webster Smith.
Sheraton dining room table, circa 1810. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State from Mrs, Webster Smith.
Federal secretary bookcase surn1ounted by a carved eagle, early 19th century. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Roorr.s, Department of State from Mrs, Webster Smith.
Sheraton settee made in New York, circa 1810, Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State From Mrs. Webster Smith,
Federal looking glass with eglomise panel and gilded eagle. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State from Mrs. Webster Smith.
Early 20th century reproduction of an English partner's desk. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State from Mr. Hay Watkins, the Ches sie System.
Sheraton card table made in New York, circa 1810, Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State.
Pair of Hepplewhite card tables made in Philadelphia in the late 18th century. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State, Federal chest of drawers made in Massachusetts in the early 19th century, Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State,
Sheraton gilded looking glass, American or English, circa 1800-1810. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State.
Aubusson rug, circa 1860. Lent by Mrs. Donald Armstrong,
Hamaden (Persian} rug, circa early 20th century. Lent by Mrs, Donald Armstrong.
Presidential memorabilia
Collection of memorabilia associated with William H. Harrison including a silver cup, silver muffin dishes, porcelain and two letters written by Harrison, Lent by Mr. Christopher Short.
Miscellaneous
1-792 nao of the city of Washington, orinted by Thackara and Vallance, Lent by Mr, J, Grant Burke. PAINTINGS
Oil painting, "Baltimore Harbor 11 by Fitz Hugh Lane. Lent by Mr. Sheldon Arpad.
Oil painting, portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, replica of a portrait by the same artist painted in 1776. Lent by the Landsell K. Christie Estate.
Oil painting, "New England Snow Scene" by George Durrie, 1858. Lent by The Honorable Peter Frelinghuysen.
Oil painting, "Davenport and Rock Island on the Mississippi" by Henry Lewis, Lent by The Dietrich Foundation,
Oil painting, "Upper Mississippi River" by Henry Lewis. Lent by The Dietrich Foundation.
Two oilpaintings "Grain Time"and'Muir Woods Creek 11 by George Demont Otis, Lent by Mrs, Frank Hartley,
Oil painting , portrait of John Adams by John Trumbull, 1793. Lent by Harvard College.
Oil painting, "The Defeat of the English Boat Guerriere by The American boat Constitution, 11 artist unknown, late 19th century. Lent by Mr, Ray Smith.
Oil painting, life portrait of Mrs. James Monroe by Benjamin West painted in London in 1796. Lent Anonymously.
Oil painting, portrait of Maria Hester Monroe, daughter of James Monroe and first daughter of a President to be married in the White House. Lent anonymously.
Oil painting, portrait of Maria Monroe, artist unknown. Lent by Mrs. Harris E. Kirk,
Oil painting, "Old Faithful" by Albert Bierstadt. Lent by the Anschutz Collection, Oil painting, "Grand Canyon" by W. R. Leigh. Lent by the Anschutz Collection.
Drawing, "Liberty Cap,' Yellowstone" by Thomas Moran. Lent by the Anschutz Collection.
Oil painting, portrait of Betsy Short, daughterof William H. Harrison, artist unknown, Lent by Mr. Christopher Short.
Oil painting, portrait of President Harry S, Truman by John Slavin. Lent by the Harry S. Truman Library.
Oil painting, "Landscape with Steeple" by Childe Hassam, 1900. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State,
Oil painting, "Shipping at Philadelphia" by David J. Kennedy, c. 1858. Lent by the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State from the Dietrich Foundation.
PRI'JTS
Ten Currier and Ives lithographs, Lent by the Museum of History and Technology, the Smithsonian Institution.
Sixty American l_)rints, 19th century, Lent by the Prints and Photographs Division, The Library of Congress. PAINTINGS ON LOAN FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, PHILADELPHLA
* "Sailing in the Mist" by John Twachtman. Private Quarters,
* "Cat Boats: Newport" by Childe Hassam, 2nd floor corridor.
"Crimson Rambler" by Philip Hale. West Sitting Hall.
Portrait of Dolley Madison by Gilbert Stuart. Red Room.
"Self Portrait" by Benja:.nin West.
* "Port Ben on the Delaware and Hudson Canel" by Theodore Robinson. West Wing.
* "Fairmount Water Works" by Thomas Birch. Office of the Vice President.
"Marquis de Lafayette 11 by Charles Bird King. Office of the Vice President.
"Hill Valley Sunrise" by John Kensett. Queen's Bedroom.
"Lowland Woods" by Charles Linford. West Wing.
* "Landscape with Figures" by William S. Mount. Yellow Oval Room.
"New Hope" by Edward Redfield. 2nd floor corridor.
"Sun in Summer" by Daniel Garber. Office of the Vice President.
"Strawberries and Cherries" by Margaretta Peale. Family Dining Room.
* "Autumn Still Life" by William M. Chase.
" On the Susquehanna Near Harrisburg" by Thomas Doughty. Office of the Vice President.
"Blue Gulf Stream" by Frederick Waugh. Office of the Vice President.
"George Washington" by Charles Willson Peale.
"Benjamin Franklin" by Charles Willson Pea le. President's Office.
"Franklin Pierce" by James Lambdin.
>:• Being recalled for exhibition in Great Britain PAINTL\JGS ON LOAN .l"ROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
"Sharp-Tailed Sparrow" by Joseph B. Kidd. West Sitting Hall.
11 3lack-Backed Three-Toed Woodpecker" by Joseph B. Kidd. We st Sitting
"Orchard Oriole" by Joseph B. Kidd. West Sitting Hall.
"Yellow Warbler" by Joseph B. Kidd. West Sitting Hall.
"Emancipation Proclamation" by Lamb. Treaty Room.
"Oyster Sloop" by Childe Hassam. West Wing.
"Landing at Sabbath Day Point" by John Ken sett. Private Quarters.
"George Washington 11 by Edward Savage. Vice President's Office, EOB
"Abigail Adams" by Gilbert Stuart. Red Room. ...
PAINTINGS ON LOAN FRO ~\1 THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF FNE ARTS
"Seascape" by Thomas Birch.
"River in the Catskills" by Thomas Cole. West Wing.
"Landing of William Penn" by Thomas Birch. West Wing.
"New Hampshire Lake" by Thomas Doughty. Ground Floor.
"Lady in Blue" by John Singleton Copley. East Sitting Hall.
PAINTINGS ON LOAN FRO:v-1 THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
"Golden Afternoon" by Childe Hassam. West Sitting Hall.
''The Customs Watch at Varengeville" by Claude Monet. 2nd floor corridor.
"Ile aux Orties near Veron" by Claude Monet. 2nd floor corridor.
"Girl with Doves" by John Opie. third floor.
"Harlem River" by Erne st Law son. Private quarters.
"Two Girls with Parasols" by John Singer Sargent. 2nd floor corridor.
"Maine Coast" by Winslow Homer. West Wing.
".Delaware Valley" by George Inness. East Wing.
"Marquis de Lafayette 11 by Rembrandt Peale. Ea st Wing.
"James Monroe" by Gilbert Stuart. Blue Room.
"Mohawk Valley" by Alexander Wyant. East Wing.
"Landscape" by John Twachtman. Private Quarters.
"Across the Room" by Edmund Tarbell. Private Quarters. .. ' "'
SCULPTURE O~ LOAN FROM THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
'.'A Chief of the t.foltnomah" by Hermon Atkins McNeil. West Wing.
"Wicked Pony" by Frederic Remington·: West Wing.
"George Washington" by John Rogers. West Wing.
"Abraham Lincoln" by A. A. Weinman. President's Office.
1' WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1974
Amount Donor
Ware Foundation $ 10,000
Tour Section - EPS 45
Rudolf Wunderlich 12,500
Lawrence Fleisclunan 12,500
George Monardo 3,000
John G. Vachrinos 100
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sax 100
10,000 Anonymous
National Historic Foundation (for Map Room) 50,000
Janet Neff Chai.itable: Trust (for Blue Room) 25,000
Richard King Mellon Foundation (for Green Room) 35,000
James Hoban Alexander 50
Mrs. Julian Ganz 200
Clement E. Conger (contributions in lieu of honoraria for lectures) 6,440
White House Historical Association:
Book Sales 100,000 First Ladies Medals 7,596 Presidential Medals 146,143 Presidential Plates 241,406
TOTAL 660, 080 WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1973
Donor Amount
Mr. aid Mrs. Frederick M. Weyerhaeuser $ 15,000
Estate of Albert V. Green 5,679
Anonymous Donor 10,000
Anonymous Donor 18,000
Miss Mary Brooks 500
Richard King Mellon Foundation (for Green Room) 270,000
Janet Neff Charitable Trust (for Blue Room) 25,000
George Monardo 1,000
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION:
First Ladies Medals 45,068 P:::-esidential Phtei:: 214,635 Presidential Medals 104,539 Mrs. E. M. Boehm 105,000 Family Circle Magazine - Crewel Project 37, 135
Clement E. Conger (contributions in lieu of honoraria for lectures} 5,300
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Newington Securities valued at approx.im.ately ------50, 000
TOTAL 906,856 WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1972
Donor Amount
Mrs. Thurmond Clarke (for Vermeil Room) $ 21,093
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Segel (for Yellow Oval Room) 53,437
Mrs. Charles Payson 15,277
Mrs. John D. Murchison (for Red Room) 25,000
Anonymous Donor 13,000
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser (Yellow Oval Rm) 7, 500
Charles E. Merrill Trust 100,000
Mrs. Enid A. Haupt 25,000
Richard King Mellon Foundation (for 0reen Room) 100,000
Mr. and Mrs: Richard Scaife 12,527
Anonymous Donor 2,95G
Mr. W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. 715
Anonymous 1,850
Mrs. Charles S. White 1,000
Allegheny Foundation 25,000
Janet Neff Charitable Trust (for Blue Room) 100,000
American Institute of Interior Designers 2,000
Louis & Bessie Adler Foundation (for Red Room) 25,000 Clement E. Conger(contributions in lieu of honoraria for lectures) · 1,750
White House Historic al Association: Book Sales 50,000 First Ladies Medals 176,629 Presidential Medals 100,000 Presidential Plates 67,920
TOTAL 927,648 .---- WIDTE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1971
Donor Amount
Janet Neff Charitable Trust (for Blue Room) $ 75,000
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Schwartz 5,350
Mrs. Thurmond Clarke (for Vermeil Room) 23,000
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Neuhaus (for Yellow Oval Room) 24,812
Mrs. Charles Payson 25,645
Lerner Foundation 1,200
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser '7,500 (for Yellow Oval Room) Mr. Leo J~ Margolin 5,000
Miss Mary Brooks 500
Harsco Corporation 8,500
Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Dayton 15,000
Ric'hard Eing Mellon Foundation (for Green Room) 50,000
Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation 5,000
National Society of Interior Designers 9,500
National Historical Foundation (for Map Room) 100,000
Mrs. Lorraine Miller Collins 15,000
White House Historical Association:
First Ladies Medals 147,269 Book Sales 51,277
Anonymous Donor 10,000
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Segel 234,000 · ( for Yellow Oval Room) Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Meadows (for Red Room) 10,000 TOTAL 823,553 WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1970
Donor Amount
Anonymous Donor $ 10, 000
Rebecca Harkness 1,090
Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation 20,SQO
White House Historical Association 109,353 {Book Sales)
TOTAL 140,943 ZOO 'SL $ UOHl?F)QS s v It?:Jpo+s1H as noH aHq.M.
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696I QN.O..'f NOI.LISI.00:)\f 3:S.OOH 3:..LIH.M...... EX.PENDITURES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1969
Amount
Superior CarpetShop Carpeting $ 777
Corrados Upholstery 293 ' II 713 Draperies 115 Reupholstery 195 II 79 II 15 Draperies 335
Scalamandre Fabrics 151 .. F. Shun1arker Fabrics 714
Beverly Storage Company Transportation. 225
Sarah Johnson Doyle Redecorating Private Quarters 18,489
TOTAL $ 22,101
-t EXPENDITURES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1970
Payee Item Amount
Teagle & Little 2 Resolutions & Portfolios $ 801
Harry Arons Antiques American Bed 7,500 Chippendale Sofa 8,850
Flather & Company Insurance Policy 414
Joseph Kindig Chippendale side table 25,000
Parke-Bernet Galleries Secretary Bookcase 5,250
John A. Sikora Installation of Chandelier 525
W. E. Browne Chandelier 5,350
TOTAL $53,690 EXPENDITURES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1971
Payee Item Amount
Vojtech Blau Aubusson Rug $ 4,500 Heriz Rug 9,500
John S. Walton, Inc. Pair Cane Seat Settees 9,500 Glass Lantern 550
James R. Dunlap Prints of White House 608
H. Curley Boswell 2 paintings of City of Washington 10,350
William H. Coburn 4 tea tables 500
Israel Sack Sheraton Sofa 5,500 Andirons 3,900
Charles Winston Vases 1,380 Chandelier & Sconces 3,970 Chinese Vases 1,450
Ginsburg & Levy Clock 8,500 2 Pembroke tables 7,500 Eagle Ornament 2,000 Pair of Window Benches 12,500
Fred Nadler "Green Fitzhugh" Plates & Platters 21,800
Old Print Shop Painting (View of Miss.) 12,500 Print of White House 40
David Stockwell, Inc. Hepplewhite Chest 14,500
Francis Sullivan Restoration of painting 3,475
John Cristof f el Baltimore Card Table 2,500
Victor Spark Bust of Theodore Roosevelt 1,200
J. A. Hyde Glass Lamps & Wall lights 3,040 Lights 1,920
Elinor Gordon Chinese Export Saucers & 11,680 Plates 2 porcelain bowls 715 Fitzhugh plates 4,500 Expenditures 1971 continued
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Payee Item Amount
Coury Rugs, Inc. Kirman Rug $11,000 Hereke Carpet 12,000 English Carpet 11,250 Hereke Rug 14,000 Aubusson Rug & Lining 5,243
Ethel R. Weston Madison Tea Box 1,500
Joseph Kindig Baltimore Breakfront 25,000
R. T. Trump Chandelier 4,015 Chair 16,700
Louis Lyons Fitzhugh Soup plates 6,500
Clifford Goldsmith Chippendale mirror 771
Rebecca D. L. Esmer Presidential Compote 1,700 and 2 pieces of White House glass
Aaron Shikler Portrait - President Kennedy 15,442
Florene Maine Pine & gilt looking glass 1,650
Harry Aarons American work table 14,000 Martha Washington chair 3,750
J. J. Thompson Green Fitzhugh Plates 5,800 Pr. Directoire bergeres 7,800
Adam Weschler & Son Rug 900
A.P.F., Inc. Frame for President Kennedy's 442 portrait
Karekin Breshir Savonnerie rug 7,800
Stark Carpet Corp. Turkish Hereke Rug 11,282
H. & R. Sandor Sheraton salon suite 13,500
Sara Potter Conover Cachepot 459
W. E. Browne 1 pr. caryatids planters 1,495 1 pr. jardinieres 2,950
Sylvia Tearston Antiques 1 pr. lamps 2,800 Expenditures 1971 continued
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Payee Item Amount
Joseph Ternbach Bust of President Van Buren restored 2,200
Needham's Antiques Wall Sconces 1,960
Henry B. Urban Installation of wall covering - Red Room 5,324
Georgia Marble Co. Marble pedestal 135
Parke-Bernet Armchair 2,700
Scalamandre Fabric $48,554
Gilberto Orillac 2 Federal card tables 5,000
Thomas Benson Chandelier - part payment 5,000
Fenwick Court Chinese vase 2,812
Robert Carlen Desk set 200
W. Jackson Blackman Massachusetts Chippendale 14,500 Gaming table
TOTAL $448,212 EXPENDITURES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ACQU'IS'IT'ION' FUND
1972 Payee Item :runount Israel Sack Federal Pier Mirror $ 8,500 Brass & Glass lamp 300 Pair armchairs 18,000 J. A. Lloyd Hyde Base lights 1,760 Pr. lamps 1,920 Pr. wall lights 660 Ginsburg & Levy 6 chairs 27,500 Pr. candlesticks 700 3 porcelain vases 6,300 Pr. glass Argamd lamps 3,875 Drop Leaf Table 3,000 Pr. Gilt Wood Window Arcs 475 Pembroke table 3,750 Herbert Schiffer Side chair, Philadelphia 3,500 Constitution mirror 3,500 Kent-Costikyan, Inc. Chinese Rug 7,500 Harry Arons Wing chair 7,800 Mirror 7,750 Sylvia Tearston Vases 4,750 Stair & Company Pr. Argand lamps 2,900 Nesle 2 pr. candlesticks 1,670 Chandelier & wall fixtures 8,800 Glass lantern 200 Hirsch! & Adler Painting - "Farmyard in Winter" 76,504 Painting - "Watch Meeting" (1st payment) 24,000 Painting - "Boys Crabbing" 25,000 Thomas DeAngelis Walls recovered - Green Room 5,867 w. E. Browne Draperies & fabric 47,610 Draperies & material 37,372 • w~ J •
Expenditures 1972 continued .,... 2 -
Payee Item Amount
Joseph LiVolsi 27 side chairs recovered $ 2,349 Bracey Lumber Company Work - Red & Green Rooms 1,184 Planter Centerpiece for ceiling 2,667 Blue Room work 19,894 Nancy McClelland, Inc. Blue Room wallpaper 33,084 Blue Room sketches 800 Wallpaper sceens 525 J. A. Lloyd Pr. Andirons 2,680 R. T. Trump Breakfast table 6,500 4 candle sconces 7,250 Edward Fields Rug for Yellow Oval Room 11,675 Shreve, Crump & Lowe End Table 787 Joseph A. Heckel Oil painting of John Tyler and print 20,000 Gump 3 pairs Chinese Vases 1,900 Edwin Jackson Mantel and its restoration 2,595 Margaret Sanger 1 Mantel piece 2,000 Secretary of State Girandole mirror 10,000 Diplomatic Reception Rooms
The Old Print Shop Print Emancipation Proclamation 75 Robert Emmet Hall 1 plate - Andrew Jackson service 500 Mary Bartow Snow Plates - Andrew Jackson service 3,050 Marian Schulman Plates - Andrew Jackson service 3,200 John Bartow Hall Plates - Andrew Jackson service 2,825 Georgia Marble Co. 4 marble pedestals 1,700 Expenditures 1972 continued
- 3 - Payee Item A1nount U.S. Antiques Monroe Bergere, 1817 $13,000 Dorothy Hall 1 compote - Andres Jackson service 900 Vernon c. Stoneman Stoneman Collection (1st 70,000 payment) Helen McGehee Pr. Chinese urns 8,500 Dalva Bros. Gueridon table 28,000 Settee & chairs 16,924 Two consoles 13,280 Pr. oval tables 11,200 Matthew & Elizabeth Sharpe Chinese bowls and urn 7,700 Pr. of candleabra 10,000 B. Margolet 4 Polk plates 2,000 The Connoisseur 2 armchairs 38,400 Pr. console tables 66,00D Francis Sullivan Conservation of 7 paintings 10,150 Sack Conservation Co. Restoration of 10 chairs 1,175 Adam A. Weschler Rug, vase, plates and chair 5,960 3 silver handle cups 1,700 Clyde c. Lamond Porcelain compote, Pierce Administration 1,000 Sheetz-Harrison Thornton chair 3,000 Ross Wheat Restoration work - 2 frames 385 J. J. Thompson Green Fitzhugh plates 5,400 Rudolf Andrele Restoration work on furniture 600 Joseph LiVolsi Upholstery work on furniture 6,348 Expenditure 1972 continued - 4 - Payee Item Amount Thorp Bros. Restoration work on $20,993 furniture
Graham Gallery Painting, Castle Rock 25,000 by Bricher
Museum of Fine Arts Fine Arts Insurance 720 Teagle & Little Donor Certificates 816 Mr. Robert Lee Gill Painting, "Washington, D.C." by George Cooke 50,000 1 eagle card table 7,500 Scalamandre Fabrics Upholstery materials 62,177 Frank E. Klapthor 1 cheval glass, 1 picture 3,000 frame
Mr. George Coe 1 Oriental rug 6,500 Edward Corti Pr. Sheraton side chairs 3,500 George B. Cutts Portrait of Mrs. Richard P. Cutts, sister of Dolley Madison 20,000 Kennedy Galleries, Inc. Painting, "West Point" 34,000 by Robert Havel.l Michelson's Framing 759 Balmville Antiques Chandelier 1,500 Max Weber, Inc. Antique Chippendale desk 15,079 c. G. Sloan & Company 6 plates, (Polk) 7,000 Peter Mack Brown French Empire armchair 2,200
A. Cook Cut glass ~~ 4,100
F. Henry Berlin Sofa by Mcintire 30,000 TOTAL 1,o9S,U;g EXPENDITURES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1973
Payee Item Amount
_Harry Arons Pr. Hong paintings $10,000 Brass & Wire fender 1,250 American mirror 12,500
Secretary of State Rug 2,100 Diplomatic Reception Pair candelabra on Rooms pedestals by Clodion 25,000 Chest of Drawers 5,000
Universal Floors, Inc. Floor in Vermeil Room 5,760
Circa Antiques Pr. Sheraton chairs 1,400
Francis Sullivan Restoration of 3 paintings 9,100
Flather & Co. Insurance (Fine Arts) 810
Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son Marble top pier table 15,000
Craig & Tarlton, Inc. Pr. Hepplewhite mirrors 8,000
C. G. Sloan Company Pr. Federal wall sconces 1,900
John D. Brown Transporation Seymour collection 1,100
E. Douglas Birchby Bellange armchair, 1817 7,500
U.S. Antiques 3 Federal tables, chair, 21,900 curtain pulls
E. Roseman Company Restoration of marble mantel 575
Charles Hamilton Galleries Fillmore White House social 429 book
Mr. Charles E. Kelly Painting - transporation 70
Vernon Stoneman Important collection of Federal furnishings and 53,550 objects by Seymour brothers Expenditures 1973 continued
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Payee Item Amount
J. A. Lloyd Lighting Fixture $ 1,000 Hirschl & Adler Payment painting "Boys Crabbing" by Ranney 75,000 Painting, "Upper the Palisades in October," by Cropsey 50,000 Watercolor, "A Stroll by the Capitol" by Walter Paris 1,250
Israel Sack Pr. of Fire Screens 11,500 Pr. 18th Century Chippendale Mahogany armchairs - Jefferson association with eagle arm rests 65,000 Looking glass 12,500 Sheraton mahogany armchair 5,500 Looking glass 8,500
Herbert Schiffer Antiques Furnishings 1,941
Charles Winston & Co. Cut glass chandelier .2,521
Berry B. Tracy Important Federal grand 20,000 father clock New York, circa 1800 Unique American mahogany 20,000 pole screen by Duncan Phyfe Rare mahogany table, labeled 32,500 by Lannuier
Kennedy Galleries Painting, "Tending Cows & 11,000 Sheep" by Alvan Fisher First payment - Benjamin Latrobe by Charles Willson Peale 50,000
Thorp Brothers, Inc. Two chairs repaired 2,649 Two Empire chairs repairs 2,520 Restoration of furniture 10,802 (Blue Room)
Bernard Danenberg Painting & engraving of 4,000 Galleries Maine coast
Charles E. Kelly Crating picture 70 Expenditures 1973 continued
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Payee Item Amount
Arpad Antiques French Bouillotte Lamp $ 325 Edward Fields Grand Stairway runners & rug 11,850 Cross Hall rug 8,806
The Connoisseur Louis XVI oval table 22,000 Pr. Louis XVI console tables 70,000
W. E. Browne Curtains 795 Decorating Co. Silk Damash 30,913 Curtain Braid 352 Reproducing Antique document circa, 1820 1,800 One pr. valances & curtains 1,495 Two prs~ special valances 7,000 Reupholstery material for 5,325 hall chairs Fabric 308 Pr. Chinese export pistol 6,800 handle urns Braid 907 Box Springs for Bed 450 Furnishings for private quarters 10,700 Expenses for installation of curtains 799 Curtains 3,790
Joseph LiVolsi . Reupholstering - 2 large 940 Empire armchairs - 2 more Empire chairs 585 Reupholstery 4 French 940 armchairs & cushions Furniture upholstery 7,390 2 love seats upholstered 920
Parke-Bernet Galleries Pr. Sheraton armchairs 2,300 Painting, "Battery Park" by Andrew Melrose 37,500 Tinder Box - President Grant 900
Graham Gallery American 19th century silver 1,500 coffee urn - Mr. Fillmore Painting "Green River, Wyoming" by Thomas Moran 70,000 Pr. of paintings by Thomas Hill "Yosemite" 17,000 . - Expenditures 1973 continued - 4 -
Payee Item Amount
Helen McGehee Famille Verde Chinese $ 2,858 Antiques Fish Bowls Pr. Chinese Garden Seats 2,877 Chinese vase 6,500
Thomas DeAngelis Remove fullness from Green 455 Room Walls
The Old Print Gallery Print "View of President's House" 95
Ginsburg & Levy, Inc. Porcelain vase 1,185 Connecticut Pembroke Table 7,500 Hepplewhite Pembroke Table 4,875 New York Pembroke Table 5,500 Armchair used by Monroe 15,000
Edward V. Jones Travel Expenses 5,569 White House Historical Association Color slides 1,000
Scalamandre Fabrice, wall coverings, etc.39,991
William Harle Freight on painting 141
Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son Pr. unique wall sconces 22,500 attributed 'to Samuel Mcintire American Federal style mahogany carved bed 7,500
Michelson, Inc Frames for 70. ·engravings and prints · · 7,221
Adam A. Weschler & Son Jardiniere and andirons 3,400
Bailey & Griffin, Inc. Cotton fabric 116
Smith & Watson Chippendale Mahogany Bench 194
Helga Photo Studio Photographic work 2,685
Rudolf Anderle Restoration - Card Table 1,350 Restoration work on furniture 2,180
Manheim Galleries 2 chandeliers & 3 Chinese 16,500 fish bowls
Corrados, Inc. Reupholstery of furniture 449 4 chairs recovered 255 Expenditures 1973 continued
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Payee Item Amount
Sack Conservation Restoration of sideboard 400 Restoration of furniture 1,420
TOTAL $1,055,303 ..
EXPENDITURES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ACQUISITION FUND
1974
Payee Item · · Amount
LiVolsi Reupholstery of French $ 348 style chairs & seats Furniture upholstered 2,650
Helen McGehee Antiques Pr. Delft Tobacco Jars 960
Matthew & Elizabeth Sharpe Pr. Chinese vases 4,800 Pr. 18th century candle 725 sticks
Kennedy Galleries 2nd payment on Benjamin Latrobe painting by 75,000 Chalres Willson Peale
H. R. Sandor, Inc. Sheraton Mahogany Sofa 12,500
Timothy Trace Philadelphia Blue Book of 475 American Furniture
Hirschl & Adler Frame for a painting 500
Thorp Bros. Repair - American Empire 1,992 Console Table
David Stockwell Sheraton Mahogany Card Table 4,600 Pr. Brass Candle sticks 885
Edward V. Jones Travel Expenses 5,153
The Leather Bucket Pr. French urns 2,250 Fred Nadler Antiques Pr. Chinese export salt dishes 1,500 Chinese cup & saucer & dish 1,200
Secretary of State Pr. Louis XV Commodes 25,000 Diplomatic Reception French mantel clock by Robin 5,000 Rooms
Berry Tracy Sheraton mahogany sofa 12,000 attributed to Duncan Phyfe Federal Card Table by Lannuier 27,500 Expenditures 1974 continued
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Payee Item Amount
Nesle, Inc. Pr. urns & chandelier $ 2,550 35 crystal & bronze closeups (lighting fixtures) 8,145 John Walton American Hepplewhite mahogany chest 9,500
Ralph M. Chait Galleries 2 porcelain jardinieres 11,000
Neville Antiques Shop English Georgian Silver Dish 675
Elinor Gordon Antique Chinese tabacco leaf tray 765
Mrs. Tade Styka Payments on Theodore Roosevelt · painting by Styka 30,000
Leon F. s. Stark Pr. green hall lights 600 Pr. green hurricane shades 1,500
Rudolf Anderle Restoration of sofa & 2 9,850 chairs Charles B. Winston & Co. Vases, sconces, shades, etc 8,470 6-light chandelier 950 White House Historical 125 copies of White House Association to Thomasville, Ga. (reimbursed with honorarium) 209 Margaret-Randall Compilation of material & report 489 Ash painting conservation
Israel Sack Partial payment on Hepplewhite Secretary by Seymour brothers 75,000 Pr. of Sheraton mahogany side chairs 3,800 Sheraton Mahogany chest 4,800 Jeannette Balling Phyfe Secretary & American 25,000 Empire chair (partial payment)
Old World Weavers 100 yards velvet & 150 yards of gimp for Yellow 22,985 Oval Room
Vojtech Blau Antique Tabriz floral carpet 14,500
W. E. Browne Pr. Chinese vases 190 Chair fabric, curtains & valances & lambrequin 6,382 -- Expenditures 1974 continued
Payee Item Amount
Ginsburg & Levy Chippendale Philadelphia tall case clock 14,000 ·I I Mahogany Library table, 10,750 2 pr. vases (B&l~nce on account) 8,450 Philadelphia Sheraton writing table 4,750
Stark Carpet Corp. Turkish Hereke rug 15,125 Turkish Hereke Rug 16,500
Philip Colleck Regency cyrstal & bronze 1,970 dish light
Craig & Tarlton, Inc. Payment on New York mahogany bracket clock by Pearsall & Embree 12,600
Manheim Galleries Glass Lantern 4,250
The Connoisseur, Inc. Fire place equipment 5,000 Louis XVI table by Leleu 52,000
Charles R. Gracie & Sons Deposit - 20 special wall panels for West Garden 2,500 Room
Sack Conservation Restoration of furniture 125
Helga Photo Studio Photography 1,582
John D. Brown Special Services - moving 605 of furniture
Spinning Wheel Rugs Kampur rug 15,000
Susan Brooke Restoration of Abraham Lincoln painting 700
Rittenhouse Carpets West Garden Room carpet 1,010
George Scheiner & Sons Pr. New York Sheraton mahogany chairs 6,000
Graham Galleries Painting, "Niagara Falls" 20,000 by Bierstadt
Francis Sullivan Restoration of George Washington painting 1,400 Restoration of Maria Hester Monroe painting 2,435 .. Expenditures 1974 continued - 4 - Payee Item Amount Scalamandre Fabrics - Family Dining Room draperies ·$10, 643 Morris House Fire Tools 300 Pr. column andirons 850
TOTAL $653,943 ... ( (
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 5026 New Executive Office Building Washington, D. C. 20506 (202) 737-8292 PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE
The White House Historical Association was incorporated on November 3, 1961. Its primary purpose is to publish books relating to the White House for sale to its visitors and others and to schools, libr~ries, art gaJleries, etc. Mr. David E. Finley, former Director, National Gallery of Art, and former Chairman, Fine Arts Commission, has served as the Association's Chairman since its founding.
With the National Geographic Society's public service assistance, " the Associatiori publishes The White House: An Historic Guide, The Presidents of the United States of Ameri~a, and The Living White House. Mr. Finley stated that the Society's participation has enabled the Association to keep the unit prices of its color-illustrated books low.
Copies of the Association's fourth book, The First Ladies and Hostesses of the White House, are scheduled to he available in July 1975.
Examples of historic items acquired for the permanent White House Collection with funds provided by the Associaticn are American period furnishings from the late 18th and early 19th ·centuries, American portraits, genre, landscape and seascape paintings, 19th century prints of the White House, lighting • fixtures, porcelain and other decorative objects, and items with Presidential association.
The Association's assets, as of December 31, 1974, totaled $453,182.05 including bank deposits of $44,980.10; a time deposit of $243,231.47 (to cover part of the cost of publishing new editions of 3·books and a new book in 1975); accounts receivable, $14,653.04; book inventories, $75,395.29; books in process, $63,401.66; other inventory items, $6,874.52; and equipment, $4,645.97.
The Association's liabilities, as of December 31, 1974, totaled $10,707.86 including contract~ payable of $6,873.46. Its resources, including accumulated net income during the 1962-1974 period totaled $2,874,835.58. Its accumulated deductions during that period made up of donations to the White House totaled $2,432,361.39. Its net resources, therefore, totaled $453,182.0S for the 1962-1974 period.