Thats why the name is now the blue room. Its a very high style french chair. This is the one that we discovered had the most original material still a part of its guilding and its surface features and so it has been restored to look like it probably would have looked in the Monroe Administration with some very beautifully burnished smooth surfaces to simulate metal. In fact, that is fwilded wood. And then the red upholstery fabrics were put on to recreate its original appearance so that this became, then, the specimen chair we could use at the Visitors Center while we still have other chairs in the suite up holstered in blue that are in the blue room. Since the arrival of this chair in 1961 the white house has upped its total to ten original pieces from the suite that was made by pierre belogge. It represents some of the grandeur of white house interiors, how the public rooms were meant to be impressive to foreign diplomats and american citizens who came to the white house for politica
Selling that at market. Those would be the sources of income for this family. So they are working hard, they are doing well. And they have they are basically the top of the working class. Could you refer to them as the midland sort. And again they are farmers. This is based on the woodhouse family. They have edward and cecilia and on one stone is says e. W. And that stands for edward wood house and this is his home and he and his wife cecilia has six children. You can see it is timber framing and there was not as much wood in england at the time. Things like ship building and tanning have deforested so youre going to need to be resourceful. But the fact that this person can afford wood and have wood and Wooden Furniture in his home shows he is doing well. And we have in the square panels we have quadle and daub. That is like a basket weave, and one plain, with one plain and you would have daub on one side and daub on the other. It consists of what you have on the farm, like straw, anim
In the case of woodhouses. So second and third sons are left with, you could say nothing, tangible. An the second and third sons would be leaving and going to america to seek their fortune, you could say. Or they could choose the military, the university. And maybe be an apprentice to another tradesman much like Joseph Woodhouse was. The other thing that i would like to mention that is a Common Thread is people are wanting to have a place of their own. Whether it be english or irish or german. And so if the oldest son gets everything, then the second and third sons are going to need to leave to go to america if they want to have land. And if you came to america, before 1700, paying your passage, of course, on a ship bound to virginia, you had the right to receive 50 acres of land for free. So that was an enticement for many of the second and third sons. My name is jerry kester and im a costumed interpreter on the scotch irish farm. The time period here is between 1720 and 1740 and the
In this case were looking at a couple of objects that relate to the president s use of the house as his office. This is a side chair, called the gothic style, was made in 1845 probably. It was purchased in 1845 anyhow. It wasnt especially made for the white house, it was a style of chair that was made by many cabinetmakers and could be purchased on the general market. What made these interesting was that there were 24 of these black walnut side chairs that were purchased by the white house for use around the president s office table, the cabinet table, on the second floor of the house. There was no west wing until 1902. The president occupied the rooms on the second floor, both for his family and for his offices. So this chair would have seen was purchased under president james k. Polk so it would have been occupied by members of his cabinet during the next can american war and all the activities that went on then. It would have been used throughout the 1850s, was still in use in the 1
Migrants from europe. We visit houses from england, ireland and germany relocated to the museum and interpreters detail life in the early world. And we will see a 1740s American Farm and discover similarities and differences with farms in europe. This is the first of a twopart series on the Frontier Culture Museum. My name is joe. Im director of marketing here. We are a Living History Museum with a mission focused on education. Our objective is to teach people how a unique American Culture is created with the blending with european and african cultures. Today we will start on the old world side and see the english farm, irish farm, and german farm. Lastly, we will move over to america and see the American Farm settlement. My name is sal there landis. I am an historic interpreter. Right now were on the english farm. This comes from worcester, england. They have 150 to 300 areas, wheat, barley, rye and harvesting and hiring people to help them. 100 sheep. They are sheering them twice a y