• Armchair, White House Collection
    A. H. Davenport
    seats
    furniture
    furnishings
    This scrolled-back armchair was created by A. H. Davenport in 1902 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration. The armchair is one of six chairs ordered for the Green Room of the White House. The seats and backs were upholstered in tapestry fabric, making them the most expensive type of armchairs in the Green Room. The chairs were originally painted white but were later gilded in the 1930s.
  • Eagle Carving from Eagle Table, State Dining Room
    A. H. Davenport
    table
    This mahogany console table with carved eagle pedestals is one of three made by A. H. Davenport of Boston in 1902 for the State Dining Room. The design was based on an Italian console table in architect Stanford White's New York home.
  • Side Chair and Armchair by A. H. Davenport
    A. H. Davenport
    chair
    This side chair and armchair, in the Queen Anne and William and Mary styles respectively, were designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White and executed by A. H. Davenport. Both firms were involved in the renovation of the East Room, which was updated in the larger 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation of the White House.
  • Design Drawing of Mahogany Console Table
    A. H. Davenport
    table
    This is a design drawing of a mahogany console table with carved eagle pedestals, which was one of three made by A. H. Davenport of Boston in 1902 for the State Dining Room. The design was based on an Italian console table in architect Stanford White's New York home.
  • Eagle Table Plan
    A.H. Davenport Co.
    table
    This drawing was for an eagle table for the State Dining Room. The A. H. Davenport firm flourished in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as custom furniture manufacturers. They were also well known as skilled cabinet makers and interior decorators that produced furniture and interiors for many important buildings.
  • A. H. Davenport Console Table
    A. H. Davenport
    table
    This mahogany console table with carved eagle pedestals is the largest of three made by A. H. Davenport of Boston for the State Dining Room. The design was based on an Italian console table in architect Stanford White's New York home. The mirror above the table in this photograph is a carved and gilded English pier mirror, circa 1770-1790, and was donated in 1946.