This impressive upholstered armchair with dramatic lion head arms is reputed to have been used among White House furnishings in the late 19th century (and perhaps later). The chair’s unnamed previous owner suggested that this was originally a part of the Red Room furnishings during the Grant administration, and a brass plaque on the font seat rail reads:
Executive Mansion
President
William McKinley
COMR P.B. & G.
Colonel Theo. A. Bingham
Height: 35 1/2 in. Width: 28 1/2 in. Depth: 29 1/2 in.
Revised June 20, 2026