• Red Room, Calvin Coolidge Administration
    Ralph Waldo Magee
    Red Room
    State Floor
    Louis Comfort Tiffany
    This black and white photograph of the Red Room was taken by Ralph Waldo Magee in 1928 during the Calvin Coolidge administration. The Red Room is one of three state parlors on the State Floor of the Executive Mansion named after a color, with the designated red dating as far back as 1845 and the James K. Polk administration. Visible through the east facing doorways is the oval-shaped Blue Room and, beyond, the Green Room and the East Room. At the time of this photograph, the Red Room was used as a parlor for the women of the White House to receive callers. Among the decorations is a rug from Tiffany Studios. Louis Comfort Tiffany had previously redecorated the Red Room for President Chester A. Arthur in 1882.
  • Red Room, Louis Comfort Tiffany Decor
    Unknown
    Red Room
    Louis Comfort Tiffany
    State Floor
    This black and white photograph of the Red Room was taken around 1884-1885, during the Chester A. Arthur or Grover Cleveland administration. In 1882, President Arthur commissioned designer Louis Comfort Tiffany to redecorate a number of the rooms on the State Floor, including the Red Room. Comfort's redesign of the Red Room was decorated inline with the Aesthetic movement of the 19th century.
  • White House, Corridor (Entrance Hall)
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    Entrance Hall
    Tiffany Screen
    Louis Comfort Tiffany
    Edgar Yergason
    This circa 1892 black and white photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston depicts the Entrance Hall of the White House, including the Tiffany Screen. In 1882, Louis Comfort Tiffany created this glass screen to separate the Entrance Hall from the Cross Hall. The glass screen featured topaz, ruby, and amethyst jewels set into the glass alongside four eagles and a shield with the initials "US." The glass screen was removed and auctioned off during the Roosevelt renovation, and reinstalled in a Maryland hotel. The surviving glass was destroyed in a fire in 1923. Note the electric light bulbs along the bottom of chandelier. The ornate wall decorations were designed by upholsterer Edgar Yergason.
  • Red Room with Louis C. Tiffany Decor of 1882
    Frances Benjamin Johnston
    Red Room
    State Floor
    Louis Comfort Tiffany
    armchairs
    This black and white photograph of the Red Room by Frances Benjamin Johnston was taken in 1882 during the Chester A. Arthur administration. President Arthur commissioned designer Louis Comfort Tiffany to redecorate a number of the rooms on the State Floor in 1882, including the Red Room. Tiffany's redesign of the Red Room was decorated inline with the Aesthetic movement of the 19th century, including the copper and silver ceiling in a star motif and the Herter Brothers armchairs.
  • Red Room, Louis Comfort Tiffany Decor
    Handy Studios
    Red Room
    State Floor
    Louis Comfort Tiffany
    This black and white photograph of the Red Room was taken by the Handy Studios before 1891. In 1882, President Arthur commissioned designer Louis Comfort Tiffany to redecorate a number of the rooms on the State Floor, including the Red Room. Tiffany's redesign of the Red Room was decorated in line with the Aesthetic movement of the 19th century.