Table Settings for Denmark State Dinner

This photograph is of the State Dining Room decorated for the State Dinner in honor of King Frederick IX of Denmark. The State Dinner took place on October 11, 1960 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. The place settings featured china from the Eisenhower state service and glassware from the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. The tables were decorated with vermeil candelabrum and flower arrangements featuring orchids and chrysanthemums.