13 Facts About Oval Office

1.

Oval Office is the formal working space of the President of the United States.

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2.

Oval Office-shaped room features three large south-facing windows behind the president's desk and a fireplace at the north end.

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3.

Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F Kennedy, Jr.

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4.

Oval Office, entering a front room and passing through an unfolding door, made their salutations to the President, and turning off, stood on one side.

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5.

Oval Office's workspace was a two-room suite of Executive Office and Cabinet Room, occupying the eastern third of the building.

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6.

The Taft Oval Office had ample natural light from its three windows and skylight.

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7.

Oval Office restored the Oval Office, upgrading the quality of trim and installing air-conditioning.

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8.

Oval Office replaced the furniture, which had undergone no major changes in twenty years.

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9.

Basic Oval Office furnishings have been a desk in front of the three windows at the south end, a pair of chairs in front of the fireplace at the north end, a pair of sofas, and assorted tables and chairs.

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10.

Oval Office had revised the Seal of the President of the United States after World War II, and his blue-gray carpet incorporated the 1945 revised Seal, represented monochromatically through varying depths of its cut pile.

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11.

Franklin D Roosevelt was the first president to occupy the Modern Oval Office, and placed Rembrandt Peale's George Washington over the mantel.

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12.

Oval Office displayed the painting Fired On by Western artist Frederic Remington.

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13.

Redecoration of the Oval Office is usually coordinated by the first lady's office in the East Wing, working with an interior designer and the White House curator.

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