More from the LOC, including four spectacular color etchings from around 1887.
UPDATE: Had to remove the links to the JBK video, since they had been removed from YouTube.
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The Elliptical Saloon 
Wow. I’m surprised they went after the JBK videos. I saved them to my hard-drive I think . . .
So much great stuff in those vids.
How did you save them? I didn’t think it was possible to save a flash object.
I used http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php. I worked great. No problems.
I was looking at these etchings. The 1887 date seems right for the parlors, but the East Room etching looks like it’s based on a photo of the East Room pre-dating the Arthur/Tiffany redecoration. Tiffany painted the ceiling in those complicated quasi-Islamic patterns that show up in post-1882 photos, and they aren’t visible here. Also, the carpet looks closer to the carpet in the Grant/Hayes administration photos than the carpets that show up in the later 19th century.
Chris
You are right. I have Tiffany’s changes dated too late. Who put the silver paper on the ceiling?