A large swatch of brocade fabric from a footstool that was in the Monroe Room of the White House during President Hoover’s administration, measuring 18 x 9, featuring a lovely black and gold Asian-inspired design. Includes a detailed letter of provenance on White House letterhead 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 part: “The fabric is a brocade and is gold on black and is from the footstool of the Monroe Room in the White House…I worked at the White House during the Hoover Administration when Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover gave me this. I did much sewing for the First Lady.” An interesting historical offering.
