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The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the world's top collections of American fine and decorative arts.
FOREWORD
By The Honorable John F. Kerry
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN & THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
By Stacy Schiff
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOMS
By Allan Greenberg & Mark Alan Hewitt
PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE: THE AMERICAN SCHOOL AND BEYOND
By Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
CERAMICS: FOREIGN WARES TO AMERICAN SHORES
By Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
FURNITURE: REFLECTIONS ON THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF AMERICA’S ARTISANS