First lady michelle obama inspects the new white house china service on april 27, 2015, in the china room of the white house in washington, d. C. , in the united states. Each setting of the new china contains 11 pieces, and there are 320 settings. Most of the pieces have an edge of textured gold, a band of color named "kailua blue" (inspired by the color of the sea off president obama's home state of hawaii), and a narrow inner band of gold. Pickard china of illinois manufactured the porcelain. At the bottom of the image is a china plate owned by then-secretary of state james madison in 1806. The pattern on the plate inspired a similar, bas-relief, uncolored design on the dinner plates and teacups of the obama china service.
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