JFK signs treaty to ban nuclear testing in atmosphere, outer space and underwater, this week 1963, Treaty Room, White House: #JFKL
White House upstairs Treaty Room was created by Jacqueline Kennedy, including Victorian furniture and wallpaper patterned on design in Petersen House, where Lincoln was taken from Ford's Theatre. Decor was removed under Barbara and George Bush--now President's private office.
White House upstairs Treaty Room, after George H.W. Bush and Barbara removed Jacqueline Kennedy's Victorian decor:
Renovation of White House Treaty Room by elder Bushes made the chamber look similar to its look in 1950s under Eisenhower, who used it to play cards and visit with friends, including, appropriately enough, H.W. Bush's father, Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut:
Ironically Jacqueline Kennedy loathed most Victorian decor--she restored most major White House rooms to period before 1840--but she designed the upstairs Treaty Room in 1962 to fit era from Lincoln to McKinley to accommodate that period's White House furniture and artifacts.
Jackie Kennedy's Treaty Room featured the Victorian clock Eisenhower had kept on table behind him in Oval Office:
Jackie Kennedy's Treaty Room was centered around the Cabinet table bought by Ulysses Grant in 1869, as well as the mantel clock later used by Eisenhower, both shown in this period photo of the room:
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