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Hiawatha's Boat, White House Collection

Artist
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Date of Work
1871
Type
Furnishings
Credit
White House Historical Association
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Hiawatha's Boat, White House Collection

This silver and mirror centerpiece was made by Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1871. First Lady Julia Grant purchased the centerpiece, which the artist based on the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem The Song of Hiawatha, at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.