Oct 11, 2016 · First lady Laura Bush worked with Lenox to create this elegant service at a cost of $492,798, raised by the White House Historical Association Acquisition Trust. Its trellis design is meant...

Jan 21, 2021 · Laura Bush’s china selection totaled 4,500 pieces and cost $492,000, also paid for by the association. Bush ordered an additional, less-formal 75-place settings to use for entertaining in...

Jan 7, 2009 · The Magnolia Residence China was unveiled Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, by Mrs. Laura Bush at the White House with plates whose magnolia decoration give the china it's name. Other pieces show a varied and detailed pattern from nature.

First Lady Laura Bush unveiled the Bush State Service china on January 7, 2009. Lenox manufactured the service of 320 14-piece place settings, which was purchased by the White House Historical Association for $492,798.

The White House china refers to the various patterns of china used for serving and eating food in the White House, home of the president of the United States. Different china services have been ordered and used by different presidential administrations.

Jan 7, 2009 · Mrs. Laura Bush meets reporters as she announces two new White House china patterns, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 in the Family Dining Room of the State Floor of the White House for their unveiling of the George W. Bush State China and the Magnolia Residence China.

First lady Laura Bush unveiled the George W. Bush State China in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House. The gold-rimmed china set was inspired by a few pieces of green basket...

The Bush White House has adopted a two-china policy. Laura Bush unveiled not one but two new sets of china yesterday: one a traditional Lenox gilt-edged formal style with a green basket-weave border.

President George W. Bush ordered many new items for the White House, but a good number of the pieces, including the state china, were not delivered until close to the end of his presidency. The china was mainly designed by First Lady Laura Bush and Anne Weatherly .

First Lady Laura Bush chose a green pattern with flowers. The design was inspired by china belonging to fourth President James Madison and First Lady Dolley Madison. • President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy did not order china for the White House. They usually used the Truman china with the Eisenhower service plates for State dinners.