Buckingham Palace

=== East wing ===
[[File:Royal Family Platinum Jubilee Balcony Appearance 2022.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II's final appearance on the balcony during her [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Platinum Jubilee]] celebrations in 2022]]
Between 1847 and 1850, when Blore was building the new east wing, the [[Brighton Pavilion]] was once again plundered of its fittings. As a result, many of the rooms in the new wing have a distinctly oriental atmosphere. The red and blue Chinese Luncheon Room is made up of parts of the Brighton Banqueting and Music Rooms with a large oriental chimneypiece designed by [[Robert Jones (designer)|Robert Jones]] and sculpted by [[Richard Westmacott]].<ref name="Harris, de Bellaigue & Miller, p. 87.">Harris, de Bellaigue & Miller, p. 87.</ref> It was formerly in the Music Room at the Brighton Pavilion.<ref name="Harris, de Bellaigue & Miller, p. 87."/> The ornate clock, known as the [[Qilin|Kylin Clock]], was made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, in the second half of the 18th century; it has a later [[Movement (clockwork)|movement]] by [[Benjamin Vulliamy]] circa 1820.<ref>Harris, de Bellaigue & Miller, p. 135.</ref> The [[Yellow Drawing Room]] has wallpaper supplied in 1817 for the Brighton Saloon, and a chimneypiece which is a European vision of how the Chinese chimney piece may appear. It has nodding [[Mandarin (bureaucrat)|mandarins]] in [[Niche (architecture)|niches]] and fearsome winged [[Chinese dragon|dragons]], designed by Robert Jones.<ref>Healey, pp. 159–160.</ref>

At the centre of this wing is the famous balcony with the Centre Room behind its glass doors. This is a [[Chinoiserie|Chinese-style]] saloon enhanced by Queen Mary, who, working with the designer [[Charles Allom]], created a more "binding"<ref>Harris, de Bellaigue & Miller, p. 93.</ref> Chinese theme in the late 1920s, although the [[lacquer]] doors were brought from Brighton in 1873. Running the length of the ''piano nobile'' of the east wing is the Great Gallery, modestly known as the Principal Corridor, which runs the length of the eastern side of the quadrangle.<ref>Harris, de Bellaigue & Miller, p. 91.</ref> It has mirrored doors and mirrored cross walls reflecting [[porcelain]] pagodas and other oriental furniture from Brighton. The Chinese Luncheon Room and Yellow Drawing Room are situated at each end of this gallery, with the Centre Room in between.<ref name="HarrisBellaigue1968">{{Cite book |last1=John Harris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pscQAQAAMAAJ |title=Buckingham Palace and its Treasures |last2=Geoffrey De Bellaigue |last3=Oliver Millar |publisher=Viking Press |date=1968 |page=90}}</ref>