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A [[Federal furniture|Federal]] longcase clock, made in Boston by John and Thomas Seymour c. 1795–1805 – commonly known as the [[Oval Office grandfather clock]] – was purchased by the White House Historical Association in 1972, and has stood next to the Oval Office's northeast door since 1975.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/treasures-of-the-white-house-seymour-tall-case-clock|title=Treasures of the White House: Seymour Tall Case Clock|work=WHHA|access-date=2017-06-08|language=en}}</ref> | A [[Federal furniture|Federal]] longcase clock, made in Boston by John and Thomas Seymour c. 1795–1805 – commonly known as the [[Oval Office grandfather clock]] – was purchased by the White House Historical Association in 1972, and has stood next to the Oval Office's northeast door since 1975.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/treasures-of-the-white-house-seymour-tall-case-clock|title=Treasures of the White House: Seymour Tall Case Clock|work=WHHA|access-date=2017-06-08|language=en}}</ref> | ||
President [[Harry S. Truman]] replaced the Oval Office's 23-year-old dark green carpet in 1947. He had revised the [[seal of the president of the United States]] after World War II, and his blue-gray carpet incorporated the [[s:Executive Order 9646|1945 revised Seal]], represented monochromatically through varying depths of its cut pile. The Truman carpet remained in the office through the | President [[Harry S. Truman]] replaced the Oval Office's 23-year-old dark green carpet in 1947. He had revised the [[seal of the president of the United States]] after World War II, and his blue-gray carpet incorporated the [[s:Executive Order 9646|1945 revised Seal]], represented monochromatically through varying depths of its cut pile. The Truman carpet remained in the office through the Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy administrations. Jacqueline Kennedy's redecoration of the Oval Office began on November 21, 1963, while she and President Kennedy were away on a trip to Texas. The following day, November 22, a red carpet was installed, just as the Kennedys were making their way through Dallas, where the president was assassinated.<ref>{{cite book|last=Brandus|first=Paul|title=Under This Roof The White House and the Presidency—21 Presidents, 21 Rooms, 21 Inside Stories|date=September 2015|publisher=Globe Pequot Press / Lyons Press|isbn=978-1-4930-0834-6|page=208}}</ref> Johnson had the red carpet removed and the Truman carpet reinstalled, and used the latter for his administration. Since Johnson, most administrations have created their own oval carpet, working with an interior designer and the [[White House Office of the Curator|Curator of the White House]]. | ||
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|[[File:Harry Truman Pres Lib oval office.jpg|100px|right]]Oval Office replica at [[Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum|Harry S. Truman Presidential Library]].<br /><br /><br />[[File:Andrew Jackson statue County Courthouse KC Missouri.jpg|100px|right]]In 1933, as presiding judge of [[Jackson County, Missouri]], Truman commissioned sculptor Charles Keck to create a larger-than-life equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson for the under-construction [[Jackson County Courthouse (Kansas City, Missouri)|Kansas City Courthouse]]. The new courthouse was dedicated on December 27, 1934, and Truman's 10-year-old daughter Margaret unveiled the statue. Keck presented a model of the equestrian statue to Truman, which he later displayed in his Oval Office.<ref>Brian Burnes, ''Harry S. Truman: His Life and Times'' (Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Star Books, 2003), p. 101.</ref> | |[[File:Harry Truman Pres Lib oval office.jpg|100px|right]]Oval Office replica at [[Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum|Harry S. Truman Presidential Library]].<br /><br /><br />[[File:Andrew Jackson statue County Courthouse KC Missouri.jpg|100px|right]]In 1933, as presiding judge of [[Jackson County, Missouri]], Truman commissioned sculptor Charles Keck to create a larger-than-life equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson for the under-construction [[Jackson County Courthouse (Kansas City, Missouri)|Kansas City Courthouse]]. The new courthouse was dedicated on December 27, 1934, and Truman's 10-year-old daughter Margaret unveiled the statue. Keck presented a model of the equestrian statue to Truman, which he later displayed in his Oval Office.<ref>Brian Burnes, ''Harry S. Truman: His Life and Times'' (Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Star Books, 2003), p. 101.</ref> | ||
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