Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
Mrs Coolidge Will Deliver to Her Sue
cessor Remarkable Collection Of
Rare and Costly Table Furnish
ingsWhich Has Been Accumu-
lated Through the Years.


rated by band of an ivory tint slightly
deeper than that of the body of the
china. The outer border contains a.
conventionalized and unobtrusive mo-
tif Of stars and stripes In the gold
(which at first glance appears to be
merely narrow band of gold, while
the tinted band contains, also raised in
gold, the seal of the President of the
United States, this having been select
ed in preference to the national coat of
arms hitherto used on the ground Of
its more personal application.
The service consists of some l,70O
pieces, and of these the only item that
varies materially in its decoration from
! the design described is the service or
place plate. This is unusually large.
IL inches In diameter, and bears a
broad outer border of etched gold in
delicate Adam design, still broader
band OF deep, rich, lustrous blue, and
Tor an inner border the same motif of
stars and stripes that edge the rest of
the service. The presidential seal here
| appears In the exact center of the
plate"
Since the selection of Lenox china for
the White House service, another full
service of Louis XVI design has been
completed by the same potteries for the
| presidential palace in Cuba on a COM
mission from the Tiffany studios in
New York.
| COME 236 pieces of porcelain, includ-
ing specimens of every set of china
used by Presidents of the United
I States, from Washington through
Coolidge. are on display in a room of
the lower east corridor of the White
House, thanks to the efforts of Mrs.
Abbie Gum Baker, who, at the re-
! guest Of Mrs. Roosevelt, made selec-
ton from the dishes in the White
House at that time to 60 into two
! cabinets built for the purpose, and
added to these pieces from sets used
| by other Presidents until today the
collection represents china used by all
but two of our Chief Executives since
the beginning of our national history
Some of the administrations are rep
! resented inadequately. and the work
of adding to the collection still is being
carried on. Future administrations, OF
! course, will be we'll represented.
The collectioN as, 1t stands today Is
considered among the most unusual and
historic assemblages of heirlooms in the
United States, of peculiar interest tc
the American people because of its
4 close association with the leaders of the
Nation.
A considerable portion of the pieces
in the White House collection were OBJ
tanned by Mrs. Baker through the gen.
crosby of descendants and legatees oil
the Presidents themselves, who have
added many pieces that were private
heirlooms. During the course of hel
work the collector is said to have come
in contact with descendants of ever,
President with the exception of those
OF Andrew Johnson
A more complete exhibit of the Abra
ham Lincoln set than is at the Wl1itt
House is on display at the Smithsonian
Institution, the collection of Mrs. F. w
) Dickens of this city.
THE state dining room in gala array
with the long mahogany table Sc
for an off1cial dinner, presents color
full picture and one calculated to de
light the heart of the most discrimi
mating hostess.
While the growth of the Republi
has caused these affairs to assume pro
portions suggesting banquet rathe
than the small parties they once were
when a diplomatic dinner meant
table set for only 80 covers. the at