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White House (Washington, DC)

In January of 1995, Barry, Jim, and I papered the Blue Room under the direction of William Seale. The work consisted of prepcoating the walls, installing an acid-free lining paper, 60 rolls of sidewall paper, 50 linear feet of border at the chairrail height, and over 100 feet of a drapery frieze at the top of an 18 foot ceiling line.

For articles see:

• The Washington Post, Feb. 2, 1995

• USA Today, Feb. 16, 1995

• People Magazine, Mar. 6, 1995

• American Painting Contractor, Jul. 1995

• Painting and Wallcovering Contractor, Jul/Aug, 1995

• Wallpaper History Society Review, 1996 (Manchester, England)

Contact: Bill Allman, Curator, White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C., 20500, tel. 202-456-2550

Recently Jim, Barry, and I returned to the White House for the installation of an Adelphi blockprint in the Lincoln Bedroom. The papering was done in September, 2004 and was part of a complete re-do which involved gilded window cornices, swagged wool draperies, marble fireplace and handsewn carpet. For the first time in many years this important guest room, which contains furnishings bought by Mary Todd Lincoln, has been decorated in a true mid-19th century style. It was an honor to be part of the effort.