The White House
E.W. Godwin designed the White House, in Chelsea, for his friend James MacNeill Whistler in 1877-1878. No photographs survive, but the architectural drawings suggest a Japan-inspired interior. The latticework of the staircase derived from Japanese architecture and the fireplace was decorated with circular crests. Shelved areas were designed to display Whistler's collection of Chinese and Japanese blue and white porcelain.