Today, in 1915, President Woodrow Wilson married Edith Galt. In 1918, the new First Lady happened to see a Lenox china display at the Washington store of Dulin and Martin. So impressed with the quality, she then requested that Lenox begin designing a new design for use in The White House. The resulting design (pictured) stands the test of time and looks as appropriate today as it did when ordered in 1918. Mrs. Wilson was also largely responsible for the cataloging and assembling of the collection of china that exists at The White House today.
This is a good time to remind that the Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, DC continues its exhibit - "The Presidential Dish: Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and The White House China Room", featuring the china from the noted collction of Mr. and Mrs. Set Momjian.
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