Lot 87
Roosevelt, Franklin D. Beautiful crème-colored, hand-crocheted double bedspread owned and used by President Roosevelt. It is dominated by a Presidential Seal over a bouquet of flowers and wonderfully crocheted with allegorical elements. Below the Presidential Seal are two goddess-like figures being handed bouquets by cherubim. The border is comprised of peacocks, representing royalty and eternity, and the edges are scalloped. Approximately 80 x 82 inches. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from White House maid Lillian Rogers Parks, typed on stationery imprinted with the Presidential Seal and "The White House / Washington, D.C." with handwritten date, April 12, 1983, and signature. She writes that after President Roosevelt passed away on April 12, 1945, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt called a few of the White House staff into her bedroom and told them to choose mementoes of the late President because "the rest is going to Hyde Park and you will never have another chance. I was given this lovely bedspread and several other things….The double bedspread was a personal possession of President Franklin D. Roosevelt….It is a superior piece…." Along with the letter of provenance is a photograph of Mrs. Parks holding up the bedspread to show the Presidential Seal. Properly framed and supported, the spread would make a lovely wall hanging.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000.
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