1st LADY TO MAKE NATIONWIDE APPEAL FOR FURNITURE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) On March 28, 1926, The Sunday Star reports that according to Mrs. George Horace Lorimer, president of Republican women of Pennsylvania, says that Mrs. Calvin Coolidge "is about to make a nationwide appeal for original Colonial...furniture."
It is the First Lady's goal to refurnish the White House in colonial style. The furnishings needed, sought as gifts, include original Chippendale, Adam, Hepplewhite, Sheraton and Duncan Fyfe.
A volunteer committee of art experts provided by the U.S. Congress has made "an initial study" and has set up a plan "of rearrangement."
JFK+50 NOTE
In 1961, Jacqueline Kennedy described the White House as "drab, hotel-like...with little original furniture." She set out, as 1st Lady, to redecorate and restore the mansion as a "living museum."
SOURCE
"Appeal For Antique Furniture By Mrs. Coolidge Is Forecast," The Sunday Star, March 28, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
