白宫内景 - 参观总统住地 -1

美国总统奥巴马和夫人米歇尔批准白宫与谷歌合作，在网上公开白宫内部照片. 这项计划将囊括由98位艺术大师创作的139幅作品，其中包括历任总统及第一夫人的肖像画。此外，网友还可在线游览白宫的13间公共房间，其中包括正式宴会厅、一楼图书室以及装饰着大量著名艺术品的公共大厅。在参观这些公共大厅的同时，网友还可在大厅各处欣赏历任美国总统肖像画及部分第一夫人的肖像画。此外还有不少艺术大师的杰作。在谷歌艺术计划网站上，网友还能看到每幅作品后都附有详细解释。不过总统办公室以及更加私人的地方诸如卧室，都不在此次线上游览白宫计划之内。

为了宣传该活动，美国第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马亲自录了一段欢迎视频， 她说， “The White House isn’t simply a home to first families or a meeting space for world leaders, it’s also know as ‘The People’s House’, a place that should be open to everyone. ” 请看：

奥巴马夫人邀请大家在线参观白宫的讲话录像 。

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Avenue in the Rain: The famous Childe Hassam painting Avenue in the Rain (1917) is part of the White House's own collection, donated during the Kennedy administration. Initially, it hung in President Kennedy's bedroom. Later, it hung in the President's Dining Room.

The Blue Room, circa 1999 (White House)

The Nixon redesign of the Blue Room in 1975 (White House Historical Association)

The Blue Room, circa 1962 (Kennedy Library)

The Blue Room in 1995, looking west (White House Historical Association)

The sofa in the Blue Room in 2006

Mr. Monroe's French furniture : Among the oldest and most important pieces of furniture in the White House collection are some the original furniture ordered by President Monroe from Parisian cabinet-maker Pierre-Antoine Bellangé to refurnish the mansion after the fire of 1814.This suite of 53 pieces consisted of one pier table, two sofas, eighteen fauteuils (open armchairs), two bergères (enclosed arm chairs), eighteen side chairs, four upholstered stools, six footstools, and two screens. The original upholstery was crimson silk with laurel leaves and eagles in two shades of gold. (It wasn't until 1837 that the "elliptical saloon" became the Blue Room).Much of the furniture was sold off over the years as a way of paying for new furniture. Some of the pieces, including one of the two original bergères, were reacquired during the Kennedys' push to collect original White House furnishings.During the Kennedy Administration alone, the Bellange chairs (original and copied) were reupholstered three times between 1961 and 1963 (Truman era silk, Scalamandre plain blue, then Tassinari et Chatel eagle medallion silk). The seat furniture was again recovered in 1972 (Nixon), 1985 (Reagan renewal) and then in 1995 for the Clinton refurbishing. But for nearly 28 years the bergère and sofa were upholstered in a way that was non-historical: with a one-piece seat rather than a separate cushion. Around 2001, the bergère was reupholstered in the historical style, with a separate cushion.

George W Bush (informal, 75 settings)
(Design by Anna Weatherly / Pickard China)

George W Bush (formal, 320 settings)

Bill Clinton

Ronald Reagan

Lyndon Johnson

Harry Truman

Franklin Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Benjamin Harrison

Ulysses Grant

Abraham Lincoln

Franklin Pierce

Zachary Taylor

James Polk

Andrew Jackson

John Quincy Adams

James Monroe

James Madison

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

The Truman china service in use in 1967 (Johnson Library)

Dinner for 140

The ground floor China Room is where the White House collection of china is kept. Even the earliest presidents received government funds to purchase state china. However, by a special clause in the appropriation bills, "decayed furnishings" could be sold and the proceeds used to buy replacements. Such "furnishings" included state china, and during the 19th century the cupboards were frequently swept clean and the contents carted off to auction. The money could then be used to order a new china service that better suited the president and his family.

Even into the 20th century, White House china was often given away if it was chipped or broken. Later, Congress passed a law that required that all presidential china be kept or destroyed. When new dessert plates for the Johnson administration turned out badly, the White House staff smashed it against a basement wall painted with caricatures of the president's assistants.

Today, nearly all presidents are represented in the china collection one way or another. And full services suitable for state dinners exist for the B Harrison, Wilson, FD Roosevelt, Truman, L Johnson, Reagan, and Clinton sets, although the older sets are much smaller than the newer ones and cannot be used for the largest events. Replacement pieces are occasionally ordered for these, as pieces become chipped or broken.

• Wilson — 120 settings
• FD Roosevelt — 120 settings
• Truman — 120 settings
• L Johnson — 216 settings
• Reagan — 220 settings
• Clinton — 300 settings
• Bush — 320 setting formal set, 75 setting informal set

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