President Roosevelt’s personally-owned and -used very attractively designed cane and umbrella holder, measuring 20″ tall with an 11″ diameter, featuring a lovely raised floral design with a fine white and brown craquelure finish. The cane holder is constructed of some form of pottery and has a chip to the base, that does not really detract from display. Includes a detailed letter of provenance on a White House card from Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a best selling author as well as housekeeper and seamstress at the White House for over 30 years, from President Hoover through President Eisenhower. In full: “The umbrella stand (20x11) was owned and used in the White House upstairs living area by President Franklin Roosevelt and his family. I worked for the Roosevelts for 12 years. When FDR passed away on 4/12/45, Mrs. Roosevelt gave me this, along with other personal items, saying, ‘take what you want now the rest goes to Hyde Park.’” An important piece which FDR would have used to store his canes, which were of the highest personal importance due to his polio-induced lower-body paralysis—a splendid White House piece of historic significance.
