ABRAHAM LINCOLN Original Relic: Fabric from Red Room of White House (President)

Description

***Abraham Lincoln Relic***
Original Damask Red Fabric from "Red Room" of the White House
during Lincoln Administration
Abraham Lincoln
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
Offered here is an incredible piece of Lincoln memorabilia.  You are bidding on an
original piece of red damask fabric (probably satin) taken from the Red Room of the White House.  This fabric was said to be present during the Lincoln Administration in the 1860's.
Item Background and Other Information:
We, the current sellers, purchased a large piece of "Red Room" damask fabric from the world renowned Heritage Auction Galleries (HA.com) in 2016. Heritage Auction included an internal inventory label from the original owner stating its authenticity as being present during the Lincoln administration. Based on some tack holes and the pattern of light soiling in the center, it appears to have been used as upholstery for a chair. We (the current sellers) personally clipped the
currently offered "Red Room" fabric fragment
from the larger piece of fabric
.
In this auction, the offered "Red Room" fragment's dimensions are 1.25 x 1.00 inches.
We are happy to offer it here, and in turn help recoup some of our investment.
Please note that samples of original Lincoln White House relics are very scarce in the market.  We have been buying and selling American presidential artifacts for almost 20 years.
To recap,
you are bidding
on the following item:
One (1) authentic fragment of White House Red Room fabric that was present during Abraham Lincoln's presidential administration (very first picture listed in this auction).  The piece measures 1.25 x 1.00 inches.
Photocopies of renderings of the Red Room during the mid-late 1800s, as pictured/shown in this auction.
***Some Fun Reading -- Lincoln's Times in the Red Room***:
There were three public parlors on the first floor of the White House. The Red Room — with a new red carpet installed by Mrs. Lincoln — was used by the President and his wife as the family parlor and a place to entertain close friends, especially after dinner. Mary Todd Lincoln’s historically-minded sister Emilie Todd Helm described it as “the usual drawing room and contains the portrait of Washington which Dolly Madison cut out of the frame to save from the British Dolly Madison’s first husband was a Todd.”
According to a description of the Red Room by journalist Noah Brooks, “The furniture is very rich — of crimson satin and gold damask, with heavy gilded cornices to the windows and a profusion of ormolu work, vases, etc., some of which stuff is very ancient, being bought or presented during Monroe’s and Madison’s administration. There is a grand piano in this room and a full length portrait of Washington [by Gilbert Stuart].”
The piano may have been useful since Ward Hill Lamon sometimes gave impromptu vocal concerts in this room for the President.
Shortly after Mr. Lincoln’s Inauguration in March 1861, his family retired to the Red Room at the conclusion of their Sunday lunch. Willie decided to play the piano — causing his mother’s cousin, Elizabeth Grimsley to reprimand him about breaking the holiness of the Sabbath. On one occasion, Mary Lincoln commented to friends gathered here that she hoped her Confederate brothers would be casualties of war. She went on to say that “they would kill my husband if they could, and destroy our Government — the dearest of all things to us."
We will start the bidding at a penny and let you eBayers decide the value of this great item.
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