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English: A set of ormolu clock with a figure of Minerva and candlesticks in the Empire-style purchased in Paris in 1817 by the U.S. president James Monroe in order to adorn the White House that had been burned down by the English in 1814. Bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire, clock movement by Louis Moinet. When this photo was taken in the early 1960s it was located in the Blue Room of the White House, now it is the Entrance Hall of the presidential residence
Date 29 October 2007 (according to Exif data)
Source National Archives and Records Administration
Author United States Government

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02:52, 31 October 2007 1,562 × 2,073 (3,188,204 bytes) w:en:GearedBull (talk | contribs) (Mantel in the Blue Room of the White House with ormolu candlesticks and case clock with of a figure of Minerva by Pierrre-Philippe Thomire. Mantel deisgn by Charles Follen McKim. ==Source== National Archives and Records Administration)

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