The Front Parlor
All the furnishings in this room are originals. The chandelier, the Parian marble vase and French china vase on wall brackets, the gold oval mirror, the mantel of Italian marble, mirror over mantel, the pair of Dresden urn vases, the Japanese bronze clock inlaid with enamel, the matching candelabra, the two mahogany carved chairs, marble top table, portfolio and autograph album (inlaid with mother-of-pearl, containing two signatures of Sam Houston and presented by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Plater), Bohemian glass dish, mahogany whatnot, brass cup, large mahogany sofa, carpet and pier table are all pieces used when the Jacksons were living in the Hermitage. The lace curtains are exact reproductions of the original ones, made by Salmon Freres of Paris, France. The original red brocatel draperies were replaced in 1954 with exact reproductions of the fabric, made by Scalamandre Silks, which fabric was also used to replace the upholstering on the red chairs and the matching draperies in the back parlor. (Part of the original curtains and draperies displayed in the museum.)
1. Two carved chairs presented to Jackson by the Khedive of Egypt, when Jackson was President. 2. Portrait of General Jackson presented by Mrs. Thomas M. Stegor. 3. Portrait of Mrs. Jackson in ball dress. 5. Pair Dresden vases used in the White House while Jackson was President. 6. Bronze andirons, representing the Vestal Virgin. 7. Portrait of Andrew Jackson by Healy, the artist who was commissioned by Louis Philippe to paint the portrait, only two of which are in existence. The other one hangs in the Louvre, Paris, painted eight days before Jackson’s death. See Healy letter in Museum. 8. Opal vases presented by Andrew and Albert Marble Jackson. 9. Two liqueur bottles, presented by Lafayette to General Jackson. 10. One of a pair of brass lamps with crystal prisms used at the Hermitage by the Jackson family. Purchased from the heirs of Samuel Jackson Lawrence by the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. 11. Silver filigree basket. 12. Chair used in the White House during President Jackson’s administration. Presented by Miss Laura Friesbee of Washington, D. C. 13. Portrait of General Jackson by R. E. W. Earl, given by Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr.