Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

Mount Vernon in Miniature




Artists and Craftsmen

Many of the artisans and craftsmen who worked on the Mount Vernon in Miniature project were commissioned and some discounted their rates or provided in-kind services to the project. We thank each and every one of them for sharing their talent with this treasured project.


Peter Acquisto
Albuquerque, NM

 

  Sterling chamber candleholders, sterling and glass cruet set and a pair of sterling candlesticks

Sue Ayers
Shelton, WA

 

  Decorative plaster design ceilings for large dining room, west parlor & small dining room

Frances Bennett
Seattle, WA

 

  Needle point carpets in the west parlor, downstairs bedroom little parlor, and Martha Washington's garret bedroom

Jack Blackham
Bridgeport, NY

 

  Marble tops for pair of Queen Anne-style tables

Gordon Blacklock
England

 

  Sterling wine coasters (small dining room)

Alan Borwell
England

 

  Sideboard table (small dining room), picture frame moldings

Bon Bufton
Tucson, AZ

 

  Bathing tub (garret), and four 18th-century-style fire screens

Paul Carlson
Corvallis, OR

 

  Oil paintings: "Morning," "Evening," "Moonlight," and "The Great Falls of the Potomac"

Deanne Cote
Seattle, WA

 

  Busts of George Washington, Jaques Necker, & John Paul Jones. Bas-relief George Washington (study)

Laurie Crist
Edmonds, WA

 

  Trunk (garret)

Sharon Crocetti
Gig Harbor, WA

 

  Oil painting of Fanny Bassett Washington

Gerald Crawford
Sedona, AZ

 

  Pair of brass candlesticks, serpentine front chest, Chippendale-style side chairs, bow-front dressing glass, brass candleholder (candles)

Christopher Deighton
England

 

  Oil Paintings: "Battle of Minden," "Eleanor Parke Custis," "Martha Parke Custis," "Eliza Parke Custis," "G. Washington Parke Custis," "Lafayette," and "General WA at Verplanck's Point"

Amy Doucette
Redmond, WA

 

  Crib netting

Chris Eisman
Seattle, WA

 

  Trunk and part of low post beds

Obadiah Fisher
New York, NY

 

  Sterling coffee service, sterling comb, brush, and mirror, sterling scissors snuffers and tray

Ray Fisk
Port Orchard, WA

 

  Fire place tools, various rooms
Jeanette Gilbert
Bothell, WA
 

Beds (yellow, blue, hall, garret, Nelly Custis, Lafayette, downstairs bedrooms), upholstered chair, bed dressing (Washington bedroom) Brass telescope, barometer/thermometer, portfolio, taper holder brass, wrought-iron candle stand, brass chamberstick, brass large drip pan, shaving basin, trunk wood and leather, and books (study). Easy chair and stool, fireplace screens, fire buckets.

 

Glasscraft
England

 

  Three tier glass server, 16 spirit bottles

Emily Good
Las Cruces, NM

 

  13 pairs of andirons

Carol Hardy
Watsonville, CA

 

  Queen Anne-style tables, large rectangle mirrors, Chippendale-style mirror

Edward Hill
England

 

  Wine decanters

June Hill
Gig Harbor, WA

 

  Oil painting "George Washington," and framing

Barry Hipwell
England

 

  Sideboards

John Hodgson
England

 

  Chippendale mirror, three Chippendale-style side chairs, piecrust tripod table

Charles Krug
Riverside, NY

 

  French arm chair with slip cover, lolling chair

Stan Lewis
Chicago, IL

 

  Two Japanese dressing mirrors
Norma Lovejoy
Gig Harbor, WA
 

Oil portraits: Thomas Law, Martha Washington, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis Pastels of George Washington, Martha Washington, and George Washington Parke Custis, George Washington Lafayette, Nelly Custis

 

Alan McKirdy
England

 

  Harpsichord
Antonio Martinez
Seattle, WA
 

All Windsor chairs, fan chair, dressing table, card table, black walnut table, pine desk on frame, inkstand desk set, contributed to letter press, contributed to globe, engraving framing, tester bedstead, three side chairs, leather basket, contributed to chair, card table, embroidery frame, six knife boxes, three picture frames

 

George McCoy
Everett, WA

 

  12 side chairs, Pembroke tables

Paul Moore
Farmington, NY

 

  Queen Anne highboy

Georgia Matuschak
Poulsbo, WA

 

  Rocking horse

Ngoc D. Nguyen
Burien, WA

 

  Letter press, globe frame, crib frame

Stan Ohman
Port Orchard, WA

 

  Master Architecture -- Mount Vernon in Miniature structure

Noral Olson
Lake Forest Park, WA

 

  Tambour secretary, presidential chair
Pat Olson
Seattle, WA
 

Breakfast table setting, needle point ingrain carpet, engraving framing
Spirit case, wine cooler, framing engravings

 

Patricia Peat
Silverdale, WA

 

  Key to Bastille & case
Sylvia Rountree
Berlin, MD
 

Washington's leather trunks, George Washington's leather boots, Martha Washington's leather shoes

 

Rauda Scale Models, Inc.
Seattle, WA

 

  Wall brackets, brackets, mirrors & lusters

Harry Smith
Camden, ME

 

  Torcheres

Mike Sparrow
England

 

  Flatware sterling bone handles, sterling tray, eight sterling Argand lamps

Richard Simms
Williamsburg, VA

 

  Flatware sterling, knife boxes

Mary Smedley
Seattle, WA

 

  Woven rush floor covering

Tricia Street
England

 

  Three Piece Garniture on Mantel, bisque ornaments

Barbara Sundberg
Port Orchard, WA

 

  Curtains

Dode Trip
Tacoma, WA

 

  Six canton plates

Jens Torp
England

 

  Two place settings of sterling flatware

Betty Valentine
Merritt Island, FL

 

  12 Sheraton-style side chairs, side chairs, six back side chairs, three Queen Anne-style chairs

Karyl Webers
Tacoma, WA

 

  Shell cushions

Francis Whittemore
PA

 

  Cobalt blue wine-rinsers, wine glasses
Ginger Wyatt
Lynchburg, VA
 

Six sweetmeat plates, fruit coolers, punch bowl canton, two sets of Canton wash basin & water jug

 

     

 

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