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The Vermeil Room was originally a staff work room used for storage and later for the tasks of polishing silver. Theodore Roosevelt's 1902 renovation of the White House by architect Charles Follen McKim reconfigured the use of the house, finishing much of the ground floor for public use.
Silver, in its pure form, is very soft and like gold is alloyed with other metals. Sterling Silver is marked 925 which means it is certified as having 92.5% pure silver, plus 7.5% alloy---usually copper. Vermeil is gold plated sterling silver.Sometimes it is gold plated pure silver, or nearly pure (97%) silver. The gold is usually 18k or higher, up to pure 24k gold. Vermeil has a lot more gold than other gold plated pieces.Vermeil is regulated by the FTC and has to have a minimum gold thickness of 2.5 microns on all surfaces.he term gold filled is actually a misnomer. It is not a tube that is filled with gold. It's actually a thin layer of gold that is bonded to a base metal, usually brass. It's sometimes called rolled gold or rolled gold plate.