This photograph of the Vermeil Room by Erik Kvalsvik was taken around 1999 during the Bill Clinton administration. The Vermeil Room, located on the Ground Floor of the Executive Mansion, houses the extensive collection of vermeil, or gilded silver, that was bequeathed by Margaret Thompson Biddle to the White House in 1957. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower was the first to display the newly acquired vermeil collection in the room and the room has also traditionally displayed portraits of the first ladies.