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Master Bedroom.

"When you see that great bed, it looks like a cathedral," observed First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

The Lincoln Bed is the most famous piece of furniture in the White House. Steeped in history, the ornately-carved bed was purchased in 1861 by Mary Todd Lincoln as part of her refurbishing of the executive mansion. Although Abraham Lincoln never actually slept in the bed, several other Presidents did, including Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.

The bed was a part of a set of furniture Mrs. Lincoln purchased for the Prince of Wales Room, since the Lincoln Bedroom was originally used as the President's personal office. In fact, it was the room where Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves of the Southern Confederacy in 1863.

In 1902 the room became a bedroom when all the second floor offices were moved to the West Wing during the Roosevelt renovation. It was named the Lincoln Bedroom in 1945 when President and Mrs. Truman moved in the historic bed. It remains the only room in the White House dedicated to a single President, and it's where Presidents lavish friends and wealthy supporters with sleep-overs.

For your own sleeping chamber of distinction, offered is a consummate piece of impeccable design, historical accuracy, and timeless style. To re-create the remarkable Lincoln Bed, artisans began with the noble aesthetic of the original "Grapevine" design, scaled it to accommodate a contemporary queen-size mattress, and enlisted the most experienced craftsmen to hand-carve every detail in 100% mahogany. (Specifications: Overall dimensions: Length: 85.5", Width: 65.25"; Headboard Height: 94"; Footboard Height: 33"; Weight: 375-pounds)

The Lincoln Bed.

Price: $6,900.

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From Log Cabin to the White House.
The future president was born in the most modest of circumstances in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky, on Feb. 12, 1809. His log cabin birthplace was cast into a coin bank in 1940, and it became every youngster's place to save Lincoln pennies. For a new generation, this shiny brass Lincoln Log Cabin Bank (cast from the original molds) stands 3 3/4-inches tall, measures 5-inches wide and 3 1/2-inches deep. Reads "Log Cabin Bank for Lincoln Pennies" on the roof, reminding that a penny saved is a penny earned.