Washington Winter Show 2012

41 South View of the Blue Room, 1963 Credit: White House Historical Association The vista through the center window shows the north/south alignment of the Blue Room and the White House with the National Mall. Completed a few months before President Kennedy’s death, the newly redecorated Blue Room was Mrs. Kennedy’s favorite of all the State Rooms. North View of the Blue Room, 1963 Credit: White House Historical Association Examples of pieces from the 53-piece suite of furniture made in Paris by French ébeniste Pierre-Antoine Bellangé and purchased for the White House by President James Monroe in 1817. Armchair from Pierre-Antoine Bellangé Suite Credit: White House Historical Association This page is sponsored by Jean Perin