Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21016
Table settings and floral arrangement on bronze doré plateau centerpiece, set up in preparation for a dinner in honor of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran, and his wife, the Empress Farah Pahlavi. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln, painted in 1869 by George P. A. Healy, hangs on wall above the table. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.