• The Yellow Oval Room was redesigned in a more academic style by the Nixons' new curator, Clement Conger, with architect and interior designer Edward Vason Jones. (wikipedia.org)
  • For their architect, the Martins wisely chose Gordon B. Kaufmann, who designed an Italian Mediterranean-style two-story home that was elegant in every way, yet restrained in its decorative treatment. (myshopify.com)
  • Fortunately, they made no presumptuous changes to architect Kaufmann's elegantly designed residence. (myshopify.com)
  • The American interior designer Sister Parish established the basic design of the room by painting the walls a soft yellow, joined by a pale yellow oval carpet topped by Oriental rugs. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Yellow Oval Room is an oval room located on the south side of the second floor in the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • With the building of the West Wing in 1902, and moving of offices out of the residence, this oval room was again used as a parlor. (wikipedia.org)
  • Following the Truman reconstruction the room was decorated by B. Altman and Company, New York with reproduction traditional furniture. (wikipedia.org)
  • The French interior designer Stéphane Boudin built upon Parish's contributions, replacing the Truman era hotel style furniture with late 18th and early 19th century French antiques. (wikipedia.org)
  • Conventional furniture design is often desirable because of the privacy it affords workers. (justia.com)
  • Second, conventional office designs and the furniture associated therewith have been considered undesirable for use in modern office environments because of their inability to accommodate wiring associated with modern work tools, e.g., computers, telephone systems, etc. (justia.com)
  • To overcome the problems presented in the modern work environment by conventional furniture design, in the early 60s, work environment systems capable of rapid changeover from one arrangement to another were developed. (justia.com)
  • Following the Truman reconstruction the room was decorated by B. Altman and Company, New York with reproduction traditional furniture. (wikipedia.org)