(Palace of the Nation) What is now called the White Palace was built between 1931 and 1937 and served as the Pahlavi summer residence. The modern building is filled with a hodge-podge of extravagant furnishings, paintings, a tiger pelt and immense made-to-measure carpets.
It was the height of luxury in its day, with discreet air-conditioning units that fold away into the walls.
Beautiful stucco ornament inside the palace has been done by great masters like Gholamreza Pahlavan, Hossein Kashi and Abdolkarim Sheikhan.
The marbles of porticoes are from the mines of
yazd and
Mashhad.
The exterior groin (view) of the palace is similar to the architectural styles of German royal palaces and the interior architecture is like Iranian style.
In the upstairs Ceremony Hall is a 143-sq-metre
Carpet that is said to be one of the largest ever woven in
Iran.
The nearby Dining Hall contains a similar
Carpet.
There are stainless-steel staircases at the back of the ground floor, which spiral down to the Nation’s Art Museum
...see more in the basement.
Reference:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com
