Louis Comfort Tiffany

Arthur refused to move into the executive mansion until it was renovated.

He hired Louis Comfort Tiffany, yes, that Tiffany, to redesign the interior, and the result was opulent, lavish, a far cry from the restrained federal style that had dominated presidential residences.

Tiffany installed an opalescent glass screen in the entrance hall, rich jewel tones catching light in ways that made the space feel more like a Fifth Avenue mansion than a public building.

Arthur also commissioned new furniture, sold off wagonloads of old pieces in a public auction, twenty-four wagons worth, including items dating back to John Adams, because he considered them old-fashioned and shabby.

Um, and we have several of them.

But we even, we even have a mausoleum that's from the s- the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

That's amazing.

Well, I've been in the Tiffany Museum down in, uh, in Orlando, Florida.

And there's a little something extra, which is that Nadia shares a bit of her family story.

She's a descendant of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

of the Tiffany Glass, Tiffany Lamps fame, and the great, great, great granddaughter, I guess, of the Little Blue Box Tiffany Jewelry Company.

And we briefly talk about how she's turned the glass from Tiffany's archives into a fabric collection that's quite beautiful.