Yellow Oval Room

Franklin Roosevelt used it as an office and library in the residence and would often serve after-work drinks to guests and work on his stamp collection.

A suite of American manufactured painted wood Neoclassical settee, six armchairs and four side chairs, were reupholstered in a wool and silk velvet faux tiger print during the administration of George W. Bush and moved to the adjoining Center Hall.

[1] 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.

Vason Jones replaced Sister Parish's simple curtains that fit within the window frames with the current grander gold and coral stripe that cover the woodwork, somewhat reducing the sense of height of the room.

[1] During the Carter administration, American Impressionist paintings, including those of Mary Cassatt, were acquired and hung in this room and the Center Hall.

Nancy Reagan, with her designer Ted Graber, brought back the two upholstered sofas used by Jacqueline Kennedy in the room.

Laura Bush, working with her family decorator Ken Blasingame, replaced these sofas with similar ones of a slightly larger scale; returned a number of bouillotte lamps to the room; and added an overmantel mirror.

Location of the Yellow Oval Room on the second floor of the White House
Yellow Oval Room in 1886, then known as the upper oval room
The Yellow Oval Room during the administration of President John F. Kennedy , as decorated by Sister Parish and Stéphane Boudin