[Yet_Again]

>Looks like a flying carpet

Certainly does look like something that Bhagdad Bob would stand in front of during a pre-invasion press conference, doesn’t it. Wonder where they got the curtain. Any minarets on it? What is the specific pattern?

[FBD]

Hold On.
This was in the East Room
The gold lamps and drapes have been there for a long time:
http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor1/east-room.htm

http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor1/east-room/east-room-piano-clinton.jpg
http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/floor1/east-room/east-room-bush2-chesney-2006.jpg