Official White House China: 1789 to the Present
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975. First edition. Hardbound. Blue cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 283 pp., 97 color plates. VG (May have bookplate and few marks as ex-art library, otherwise clean.). Item #105454
ISBN: 0874741351
"Margaret Klapthor has indeed opened a gateway to the past through the documentation of official presidential china presented in this volume. In this instance, 'official' applies to tableware purchased for the President's House with public funds. ...The places of purchase, the types of china being used, the pieces which make up a dinner service and its design tell much about the material culture and the social customs of our country. The White House was buying the kind of china being purchased for other elegant homes in America and the vouchers offer an excellent opportunity to study a pattern of buying from the end of the eighteenth century to the present, and the changes of taste during that period." (dj) Beautiful illustrations.
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