The sapphire-blue silk fabric used for the draperies and furniture upholstery was chosen by Hillary Clinton. The silk lampas upholstery fabric retains the gold eagle medallion on the chair backs, which was adapted from the depiction of one of the Monroe-era chairs in a portrait of James Monroe.
Hillary Clinton chose a sapphire-blue silk fabric for the curtains and furniture upholstery. The fabric features a gold eagle emblem on the chair backs, inspired by a 19th-century portrait of James Monroe.