. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. r. Hall of American costume contains examples of four centuries of dress, with particular emphasis on styles of the 18th and 19th centuries. worn by Martha Washington to the sunple lines and elegant fabrics of more recent First Ladies. Three dresses were presented to the pub- lic for the first time: the handsome Empire gown worn by Mrs. James Madison, on loan from the William Rockliill Nelson Gallery in Kansas City, Mo.; the garnet velvet gown worn by Rose Cleveland, sister of President Cleveland and hostess for the
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. r. Hall of American costume contains examples of four centuries of dress, with particular emphasis on styles of the 18th and 19th centuries. worn by Martha Washington to the sunple lines and elegant fabrics of more recent First Ladies. Three dresses were presented to the pub- lic for the first time: the handsome Empire gown worn by Mrs. James Madison, on loan from the William Rockliill Nelson Gallery in Kansas City, Mo.; the garnet velvet gown worn by Rose Cleveland, sister of President Cleveland and hostess for the first two years of his first administration; and a black silk dress of Mrs. Grover Cleveland. The dresses are displayed upon mannequins in a series of eight room set- tings, each appropriately finished and furnished to indicate the periods and environments in which the dresses were worn. Two rooms repro- duce those in the house at 100 High Street in Philadelphia, where President and Mrs. Washington lived before the White House was built, and display furniture and fixtures owned and used by them. The other room settings combine architectural details from the White House, including four original White House mantels and the 1902 paneling from the East Room, with furniture and accessories used both in the White House and in Presidential family homes. Espe- cially interesting are the set of gold furniture purchased for use in the Blue Room of the White House in 1859 and used until the admin- istration of Frtmklin D. Roosevelt, and the elaborate gold piano used in the East Room from Theodore RooscAelt's administration to that of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Small cases in this hall contain personal be-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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