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Curtain, Window

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1965.001.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of four delicate net-like lace curtains with scalloped inner and bottom edges. Pattern of leaf vines with flowers and ribbon-like design.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - James B. Henry; To - Reginal B. Henry (James B. Henry's son); To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1860

Year Range To: 1868

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Second Floor Hall

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Cabinet: Linen Closet

Storage Shelf: Bottom Shelf

Storage Container: Acid-free storage box 8

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan; Henry, Reginald Buchanan

Subcategory: Window or Door Covering

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; Curtains; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Curtain, Window

Material: Silk

Height (in): 155.5

Width (in): 57

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2022-12-01

Condition Notes: Condition: dirty with rips and tears.

Object ID: W.1965.001.001

Place of Origin: France

Accession Number: W.1965.001

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Curtain, Window

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/eabd62d4-5319-4d2b-8ad5-225313404126

Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1965.001.002

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of four delicate net-like lace curtains with scalloped inner and bottom edges. Pattern of leaf vines with flowers and ribbon-like design.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - James B. Henry; To - Reginal B. Henry (James B. Henry's son); To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1860

Year Range To: 1868

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Center Attic East Room

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Storage Container: Acid-free storage box

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan; Henry, Reginald Buchanan

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Curtains; Buchanan Collections

Object Name: Curtain, Window

Material: Silk

Height (cm): 394.97

Height (ft): 12.9583333333

Height (in): 155.5

Width (cm): 144.78

Width (ft): 4.75

Width (in): 57

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2022-12-01

Condition Notes: Condition: dirty with rips and tears.

Object ID: W.1965.001.002

Place of Origin: France

Accession Number: W.1965.001

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Curtain, Window

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/af91aeff-4281-42ae-80e3-244051717824

Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1965.001.003

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of four delicate net-like lace curtains with scalloped inner and bottom edges. Pattern of leaf vines with flowers and ribbon-like design.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - James B. Henry; To - Reginal B. Henry (James B. Henry's son); To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1860

Year Range To: 1868

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Center Attic East Room

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Storage Container: Acid-free storage box

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan; Henry, Reginald Buchanan

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Curtains; Buchanan Collections

Object Name: Curtain, Window

Material: Silk

Height (cm): 394.97

Height (ft): 12.9583333333

Height (in): 155.5

Width (cm): 144.78

Width (ft): 4.75

Width (in): 57

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2022-12-01

Condition Notes: Condition: dirty with rips and tears.

Object ID: W.1965.001.003

Place of Origin: France

Accession Number: W.1965.001

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Curtain, Window

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1c038918-4ebd-4d55-83d3-441971457548

Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1965.001.004

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of four delicate net-like lace curtains with scalloped inner and bottom edges. Pattern of leaf vines with flowers and ribbon-like design.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - James B. Henry; To - Reginal B. Henry (James B. Henry's son); To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1860

Year Range To: 1868

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Center Attic East Room

Storage Wall: West Wall

Storage Shelf: Top Shelf

Storage Container: Acid-free storage box

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan; Henry, Reginald Buchanan

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library; Curtains; Buchanan Collections

Object Name: Curtain, Window

Material: Silk

Height (cm): 394.97

Height (ft): 12.9583333333

Height (in): 155.5

Width (cm): 144.78

Width (ft): 4.75

Width (in): 57

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2022-12-01

Condition Notes: Condition: dirty with rips and tears.

Object ID: W.1965.001.004

Place of Origin: France

Accession Number: W.1965.001

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Plate, Food

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/486aa863-4063-480c-849f-452400898756

Collection: Wheatland

Title: Parisian Pink Dinner Plate

Object ID: 2014.019.006

Collection: Wheatland

Title: Parisian Pink Dinner Plate

Description: A medium size serving plate with color transfer-printed edge. Wide pink band and scene in center featuring "Shakespeare's House". May be part of the Parisian Pink china purchased by James Buchanan while serving as the U.S. Secretary of State from the French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt.

Provenance: Note: Most likely part of:; French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt; to James Buchanan; to James Buchanan Henry

Year Range From: 1814

Year Range To: 1825

Made By: Shaffordshire Pottery (Pratt)

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Dining Room

Storage Wall: Southwest Wall

Storage Cabinet: Built-in Cupboard

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Technique: Pen and Ink

Inscription Text: Feuillet Paris rue de la Paix

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Plate, Food

Material: Porcelain

Makers Mark: Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature

Length (cm): 40.64

Length (ft): 1.3333333333

Length (in): 16

Width (cm): 28.575

Width (ft): 0.9375

Width (in): 11.25

Depth (cm): 4.445

Depth (ft): 0.1458333333

Depth (in): 1.75

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2022-01-13

Object ID: 2014.019.006

Notes: Although documentation has not yet been found, it is believed that these pieces of the Parisian Pink set were donated by a Henry Family descendant.

Place of Origin: England

Accession Number: 2014.019

Desk

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3e6115b6-27f8-40a5-a2c3-378045304589

Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: 2013.008.017

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: Carved teak(?) 2-pedestal desk of three parts. The two pedestal bases have 3 drawers on one side only & false drawers on the other. Desk section rests on top of bases. Extensive carving over most surfaces: variations of grapes, vines & leaves. Desk section has long center drawer w/ 2 short side drawers; opposing side has matching "dummy" drawers. All functioning drawers are one side only. All drawers have wood pulls. Flanking drawers in bases are tapering pilasters (split columns) with vine and grape leaf carving. Bottom of bases has gadrooned edge with egg-and-dart carving. Both bases sit on 4 bun feet w/ some carving.

Provenance: James Buchanan; Bequeathed to James Buchanan Henry.; To his son James Buchanan Henry; To his son James Buchanan Henry II; To his son James Buchanan Henry III; To his wife Eleanor Henry; To LancasterHistory

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1857

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Sitting Room

Storage Wall: North Wall

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan

Subcategory: Furniture

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Desk

Material: Teakwood

Height (in): 32

Length (in): 66

Width (in): 34

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-06-27

Condition Notes: Worn finish, with some areas very "weathered/sunbleached", especially lower sections of bases below dummy drawers. Some areas of liquid staining. Desk top also has wear and marring with one chipped corner and a long crack extending in from right end. One drawer pull missing. Drawer slides resurfaced

Object ID: 2013.008.017

Notes: A private gift from an acquaintance in India to President-elect James Buchanan. Buchanan used it in the White House.

Place of Origin: India

Credit: Gift of the Family of Eleanor N. Henry (John D. McNeill Jr., Mary Catherine Henry West, James Buchanan Henry IV, and Elizabeth Henry Richardson)

Accession Number: 2013.008

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