Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House

By Michael S. Smith, Margaret Russell

Categories: Arts & Photography, History

Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House (2020) by Michael S. Smith with Margaret Russell is about decorating the Obama White House. Smith, the Obamas' decorator from 2009 to 2017, describes how he updated the private and public rooms, chose and borrowed artworks and shaped the style of state entertaining. With a foreword by Michelle Obama, the book combines photographs, behind-the-scenes stories and archival material, and places the work within the history of the house and its earlier redecorations.

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