Collection State Dinners
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
The State Dining Room, 1902
- Date of Work
- 1902
- Credit
- Library of Congress
The State Dining Room, 1902
The State Dining Room was enlarged in 1902 and redesigned with oak paneling, animal heads, and tapestries that evoked an English stately home.
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