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The Blue Room, circa 1870
In the Blue Room of the early 1870's, decorated by President Andrew Johnson's
daughter
Martha Johnson Patterson, geometrical forms accent the contour of
Hoban's "elliptic saloon". The rococo-revival furniture dates from the
Buchanan Administration. Mrs. Patterson chose the blue paper with panels
bordered in black and gold. On New Year's Day, 1867, when the refurbished
parlor first went on show at the traditional public levee, the weather was
"most inclement"; muslin covers protected the velvet carpets.
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