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[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Principal floor reflected ceiling Washington stairs – Historic Print

[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Principal floor reflected ceiling Washington stairs, 2002719400 — historic image
[The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Principal floor reflected ceiling Washington stairs, 2002719400. Historic image from the White House collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic image captures [The White House (Executive Mansion") D.C. Principal floor reflected ceiling Washington stairs in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The reflected ceiling above the Washington stairs on the principal floor of the White House is a design study, the kind of view architects used to record how a ceiling's pattern and light worked above a stair. The principal floor, often called the state floor, is where official receptions and ceremonies have long been held. James Hoban designed the mansion in the 1790s, and it was rebuilt after British troops burned it in 1814, so later interior changes, including Federal-style woodwork and ornament, shaped rooms like this one. The Library of Congress holds both a color transparency and a black-and-white negative copy of the drawing, which makes it useful for anyone tracing how the building's interiors were recorded over time.

Created / published2002719400
Mediumetc.]"
GenreDesign
NotesADE - UNIT 2594, no. 5 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
SubjectsFor information see Architecture
SourceLibrary of Congress
Original scan1,536 × 1,092 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175855

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