For a Black girl who grew up loving Jane Austen ... and installed it in the diplomatic reception room in the White House. The wallpaper took on a whole new meaning when the Obamas entered the ...

Famed for her Harlem toile, which fuses Black cultural representation ... the-shoulder confection for her portrait in the White House, painted by artist Sharon Sprung. Pei-Ru Keh is a former US Editor ...