Design for White House Breakfast Room Curtains
Artifact IDMO 2000.36b
Object Type
Drawing
Date
1962
Designer
Albert Hadley
(Interior Designer, American 1920-2012)
Medium
Pencil and gouache on paper
DimensionsOverall H 9 1/8 in x W 12 7/8 in (23.2 cm x 32.7 cm )
Physical DescriptionSketch for the proposed design of window treatment to be used in the White House Breakfast Room. This is a pencil sketch of two windows with yellow drapes and white sheers. A curtain rod with decorative scroll work holds the curtains at the crown molding above the window frame. The drawing was created by the interior designer, Albert Hadley for review and approval of Mrs. Kennedy as part of the White House redecoration project.
Additional DetailsCredit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of Albert Hadley
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesKennedy Administration Collection 1960-1963 (National Archives Identifier 1676959)
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