The "Presidential Collection Room" was designated by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in 1917 to display the growing collection of White House china. Up to that time, presidential china was regularly sold at auction to help fund the purchase of new china. Almost every past president is represented in the China Room. The collection is arranged chronologically, beginning to the right of the fireplace. The image to the left is from 1975 and image below is from 2006. The China Room as you can see has not changed much since it was orignally created.