Melania trump has announced the restoration of a collection of furniture made for the white house by frenchman pierre antoine.
White house blue room furniture.
Cnn two hundred years ago president james monroe purchased 53 pieces of gilded french furniture for what is now the white house blue room.
It wasn t until 1837 that the elliptical saloon became the blue room.
Trump is pleased to unveil the recently restored bellangé suite a collection of furniture made for the white house in 1817 by pierre antoine bellangé.
Some of the pieces including one of the two original bergères were reacquired during the kennedys push to collect original white house furnishings.
Before becoming president james monroe served as a diplomat to france.
Much of the furniture was sold off over the years as a way of paying for new furniture.
In 2005 in response to the.
Tiffany tinted the walls of the blue room in a light green robin s egg blue which became lighter toward the ceiling and culminated in an ivory and silver frieze of hand pressed paper.
The sapphire blue fabric used for the draperies and furniture covering is similar in color to fabric used in the room in 1800 s.
During the administration of james madison architect benjamin latrobe designed a suite of classical revival furniture for the room but the furnishings were destroyed in the fire of 1814 see war of 1812.
A renovation and refurbishing of the blue room was initiated in the early 1990s by the committee for the preservation of the white house with clinton designer kaki hockersmith and completed in mid 1995.
The price tag of 18 417 17 briefly drew the ire of the.
The bellange suite furnishings were brought to the white house in 1817 by president james monroe formerly the us ambassador to france.
Decor upgrades are a bit more complicated at the white.
During the administration of john adams the blue room served as the south entrance hall though it has always functioned as the principal reception room of the white house.
Pierre antoine bellange a designer for the royal palaces in france created fifty three carved and gilded pieces of furniture for the room today known as the blue room.
Trump returned to the blue room several restored pieces from a historic 53 piece furniture set known as the bellangé suite.
The furniture has a golden eagle surrounded by leaves on its upholstery.