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"A president&amp;#039;s house, said the inventor Samuel Morse in 1819, should be furnished with &amp;quot;something of splendor\u2026for the credit of the nation.&amp;quot; That observation\u2014along with 200 years of White House d\u00E9cor\u2014inspired the title of a new exhibition, Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts From the White House, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum&amp;#039;s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the White House Historical Association (Jacqueline Kennedy helped to found the group), the show affords a rare opportunity to view some of our national treasures up close. The highlights include a box lined with block-printed wallpaper selected by Dolley Madison and used in the White House before the British burned it down in 1814; a red service plate from the 1982 Reagan state china; and an eagle-festooned coverlet that Grace Coolidge spent two years crocheting by hand.  &amp;quot;Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House&amp;quot; through May 6, 2012; americanart.si.edu Click here to see the gallery for &amp;quot;President&amp;#039;s Choice.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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