• Grace Goodhue Coolidge
    Feodor Zakharov
    portrait
    This pencil sketch of First Lady Grace Coolidge was done by Feodor Zakharov. Zakharov began exhibiting in Russia in 1911 and then worldwide before settling in New York. Other commissions include works for a U.S. Ambassador to China and First Lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson.
  • Magnolia Residence Service and Bush State Service
    Anna Weatherley
    Lenox China
    Pickard China
    china
    plate
    These plates are from the two state services ordered during the George W. Bush administration. One service was for informal dinners designed by Anna Weatherly (left) and the other for official state dinners (right). The Bush state service looked to china used by former presidential families for inspiration.
  • Plate from Bush State Service
    Lenox China
    china
    plate
    This plate is from the official state service of the George W. Bush administration. In designing the service, the Bushes looked to china used by former presidential families for inspiration. The basket weave design was inspired by early nineteenth-century French pieces associated with Dolley Madison
  • Bush State Service Service Plate
    Lenox China
    china
    plate
    This plate is from the official state service of the George W. Bush administration. In designing the service, the Bushes looked to china used by former presidential families for inspiration. The gilded eagle in the center of the Bush service plate is derived from a wooden inlay design in this early New England sideboard once owned by Daniel Webster.
  • Bush State Service Bouillon Cup and Saucer
    Lenox China
    china
    cup
    saucer
    This cup and saucer is a part of the George W. Bush state china service. In designing the service, the Bushes looked to china used by former presidential families for inspiration. The gilded edge band on the saucer includes neoclassical reeding and incuse acanthus leaves.
  • Desert Storm Chess Set
    E. Howard Kellogg
    chess
    This chess set was made by E. Howard Kellogg of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, while his nephew was held hostage in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. It is made of wood, plastic, and tile. After Iraq's defeat and his nephew's release, he sent this as a gift to President George H. W. Bush. The chess set is in the collection of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.