{"id":12742,"date":"2015-04-13T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=12742"},"modified":"2021-12-15T01:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T06:03:12","slug":"why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Thomas Jefferson Would&#8217;ve Made A Great Interior Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12772\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12772\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Jefferson was obsessed with home renovations\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art-524x350.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birthday boy Thomas Jefferson was also an accomplished architect and designer \u2014 he even designed the chair in which he wrote the Declaration of Independence.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cWhenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So said Thomas Jefferson, who was born on this day in 1743.  Jefferson may have earned his place on the nickel for authoring the Declaration of Independence, but our nation\u2019s third President was also a major design and architecture buff. In honor of the Founding Father\u2019s birthday, we took a closer look at Jefferson\u2019s contributions to American style \u2014 and consider if the polymath\u2019s greatest legacy might have been his side gig as a designer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12812\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12812\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Monticello-Exterior.jpg\" alt=\"Open, bold geometries and red brick-white paint palettes are hallmarks of Jeffersonian architecture, seen here in an exterior shot of Monticello.\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Monticello-Exterior.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Monticello-Exterior-559x350.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Monticello-Exterior-120x75.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Monticello-Exterior-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Monticello-Exterior-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Monticello-Exterior-600x376.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open, bold geometries and red brick-white paint palettes are hallmarks of Jeffersonian architecture, seen here in an exterior shot of Monticello.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Jefferson the Architect<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A self-taught architect, Jefferson conceived of and built one of the country\u2019s most beloved homes, Monticello. As iconic as Monticello is today \u2014 fun fact: it\u2019s the only personal residence depicted on U.S. currency \u2014 it was a shocking departure in its day. In designing Monticello, Jefferson spurned the Greek Revival houses of your James Madisons and George Washingtons for something less rigidly formal.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffersonian architecture, as it came to be called, employed bold, open symmetries, elegantly controlled indoor and outdoor spaces, and an embrace of natural light.  The Monticello look soon appeared everywhere. Every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/style\/american-colonial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Colonial<\/a> red brick house with white painted columns and trim owes a debt to TJ.<\/p>\n<p>And in many ways, Monticello still feels contemporary. Constructed almost entirely from materials found on the property \u2014 even bricks and nails were forged on site \u2014 Monticello might be considered a proto-experiment in sustainable sourcing. Perfectionists will empathize with the fact that it took Jefferson over 15 years to design and build Monticello. And, like any renovation-obsessed homeowner, Jefferson frequently expanded and remodeled the property. Just imagine what his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/\">Houzz<\/a> profile would have looked like.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12822\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12822\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Dining-Room.jpg\" alt=\"The bright yellow walls of Monticello's dining room reveal Jefferson's affinity for (then) avant-garde design solutions.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Dining-Room.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Dining-Room-524x350.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Dining-Room-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Dining-Room-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Dining-Room-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Dining-Room-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bright yellow walls of Monticello&#8217;s dining room reveal Jefferson&#8217;s affinity for (then) avant-garde design solutions.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Jefferson the Designer<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When you accomplish as much as our good friend Jefferson \u2014 writing the foundational document of our democracy, snookering the French via the Louisiana Purchase, and founding a major political party \u2014 sometimes your good taste in design and interiors gets overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>But Jefferson was a notable industrial designer. He tinkered with an early iteration of a copier, improved the pedometer and is credited with inventing a clock powered by the Earth&#8217;s gravitational pull. Standing at 6\u20192\u201d, the lanky Jefferson was comically over-proportioned for 18th-century bed frames. His solution would delight minimalists for its economy of space: he custom built his own 6\u20193\u201d sleeping loft.<\/p>\n<p>Most impressive of all? Jefferson actually designed his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/seating\/swivel-chairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swivel chair<\/a> \u2014 the very chair in which he sat to draft the Declaration of Independence. Perhaps its unencumbered motion inspired his belief in freedom and liberty.<\/p>\n<p>In his spare time, Jefferson also moonlit as a decorator. In 1815, he acquired a recently invented bright yellow pigment from France, and used it to repaint Monticello\u2019s then-candlelit dining room. \u201cIt really reflects Jefferson\u2019s taste,\u201d said Thomas Jefferson Foundation executive vice president Ann Taylor of the color. \u201cHe was both a modernist and a trendsetter of his time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6>All images courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monticello.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Jefferson Foundation<\/a>.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.\u201d So said Thomas Jefferson, who was born on this day in 1743. Jefferson may have earned his place on the nickel for authoring the Declaration of Independence, but our nation\u2019s third President was also a major design and architecture buff. In honor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[992,15522093,15522073],"tags":[258,1032,1022,1012],"dibs-categories":[],"dibs-designs":[],"dibs-styles":[],"dibs-creators":[],"dibs-sellers":[],"class_list":["post-12742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-furniture","category-interiors","tag-history","tag-industrial-design","tag-monticello","tag-thomas-jefferson"],"acf":{"interstitial_banners":null,"post_format":null,"subtitle":null,"contributors":null,"show_date":null,"show_related_items_footer_popup":null,"related_items":null,"slideshows":null,"show_prefix":null,"prefix_text":null,"banner_ad_image":null,"banner_ad_url":null,"banner_ad_dealer_id":null,"banner_ad_start_date":null,"banner_ad_end_date":null,"banner_ad_shortcode":null},"dibs_designs_tags":null,"dibs_sellers_tags":null,"dibs_creators_tags":null,"dibs_styles_tags":null,"dibs_categories_tags":null,"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art-640x450.jpg","post_title":"Why Thomas Jefferson Would&#8217;ve Made A Great Interior Designer","fimg_url":{"thumbnail":{"source_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art-120x80.jpg","width":120,"height":80},"medium":{"source_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art-524x350.jpg","width":524,"height":350},"full":{"source_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg","width":800,"height":534}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg","apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Thomas Jefferson Would&#039;ve Made A Great Interior Designer | The Study<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Thomas Jefferson Would&#039;ve Made A Great Interior Designer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Study\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1stdibs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-13T17:10:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-15T06:03:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"1stDibs editors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why Thomas Jefferson Would&#039;ve Made A Great Interior Designer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1stDibs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1stDibs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1stDibs editors\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why Thomas Jefferson Would've Made A Great Interior Designer | The Study\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-13T17:10:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-15T06:03:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":534,\"caption\":\"Birthday boy Thomas Jefferson was also an accomplished architect and designer \u2014 he even designed the chair in which he wrote the Declaration of Independence.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Thomas Jefferson Would&#8217;ve Made A Great Interior Designer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Study\",\"description\":\"1stDibs Blog about antique and modern furniture, jewelry, fashion &amp; art\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"1stDibs\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/1stDibs_favicon_512x512-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/1stDibs_favicon_512x512-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"1stDibs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.1stdibs.com\\\/blogs\\\/the-study\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/1stdibs\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/1stDibs\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/1stdibs\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/1stdibs-com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/1stdibs\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Thomas Jefferson Would've Made A Great Interior Designer | The Study","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Thomas Jefferson Would've Made A Great Interior Designer","og_url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/","og_site_name":"The Study","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1stdibs","article_published_time":"2015-04-13T17:10:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-15T06:03:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":534,"url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"1stDibs editors","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Why Thomas Jefferson Would've Made A Great Interior Designer","twitter_creator":"@1stDibs","twitter_site":"@1stDibs","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"1stDibs editors","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/","url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/","name":"Why Thomas Jefferson Would've Made A Great Interior Designer | The Study","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg","datePublished":"2015-04-13T17:10:22+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-15T06:03:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thomas-Jefferson-Birthday-Lead-Art.jpg","width":800,"height":534,"caption":"Birthday boy Thomas Jefferson was also an accomplished architect and designer \u2014 he even designed the chair in which he wrote the Declaration of Independence."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/why-thomas-jefferson-wouldve-made-a-great-interior-designer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Thomas Jefferson Would&#8217;ve Made A Great Interior Designer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/","name":"The Study","description":"1stDibs Blog about antique and modern furniture, jewelry, fashion &amp; art","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/#organization","name":"1stDibs","url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/1stDibs_favicon_512x512-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/1stDibs_favicon_512x512-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"1stDibs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1stdibs","https:\/\/x.com\/1stDibs","https:\/\/instagram.com\/1stdibs\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/1stdibs-com\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/1stdibs\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12742"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362365,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12742\/revisions\/362365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12742"},{"taxonomy":"dibs-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dibs-categories?post=12742"},{"taxonomy":"dibs-designs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dibs-designs?post=12742"},{"taxonomy":"dibs-styles","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dibs-styles?post=12742"},{"taxonomy":"dibs-creators","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dibs-creators?post=12742"},{"taxonomy":"dibs-sellers","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dibs-sellers?post=12742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}