The Vermeil Room ( /ˈvɜrməl/; ) is located on the ground floor of the White House, the official residence of the President of the United States. The room houses a collection of silver-gilt or vermeil tableware, a 1956 bequest to the White House by Margaret Thompson Biddle. Portraits of American First Ladies hang in the room.
Read more about Vermeil Room: McKim Creates The Social Room For Theodore Roosevelt, Truman Reconstruction, Margaret Thompson Biddle's Bequest, Kennedy Use and Redecoration, Nixon Redecoration, George H.W. Bush Redecoration, George W. Bush Redecoration
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