Painted trompe-l'oeil fabric with porcupines adorned the state room; stone cats became gargoyles.
A state room was once converted into an indoor badminton court.
Charges are $360 for a state room, $390 for a cabana room and $390 for a landmark room.
And in 2013, a suspected burglar was arrested in a palace state room after getting through three layers of security.
I would say it reminded me of the state room of the Titanic if that wasn't such a loaded comparison.
Mr Ismay was in his state room asleep when the Titanic hit the iceberg, but soon found out from Captain Smith that the liner was doomed to sink.
A visitor writing in 1888 described this ancient building as "the official state room for civil affairs... regarded as the throne of the kingdom".
Much of the furniture in the state rooms was also designed by William Kent, in a stately classicising baroque manner.
The lavishly decorated State Rooms open to visitors.
* Nineteen state rooms will be made available for the Buckingham Palace reception.
And the state rooms beyond are filled with prime examples of other American masters, including Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston.
