Diplomatic Reception Room Wallpaper

In 1962, with advice from American antique expert Henry Francis du Pont, First Lady  Jacqueline Kennedy had the room papered with antique French scenic wallpaper produced by  Jean Zuber et Cie in Rixheim (Alsace), France c. 1834. The Zuber wallpaper, titled Scenes of North America, was printed from multiple woodblocks and features scenes of Boston Harbor, the Natural Bridge in Virginia, West Point, New York, Niagara Falls, and New York Harbor. The sweeping panorama on the elliptical walls provide a sense of space, negating the lack of windows.