Tuscan Theme

Gobos of flourish designs commonly found on historical Italian documents and books adorned the walls.

Jack Lucky designed two centerpieces for the dining tables, alternating between larger bouquets of light blue, coral, blue pink, and soft green flowers on two-foot gold pedestals, and shorter boxed arrangements of the same flowers.

DC Rental provided a mix of white, blush, and gold linens for the dinner tables to complement the soft pinks, corals, and light blues—all colors traditionally found in the architecture and paintings of Florence, Rome, and Venice—in the flower arrangements.

Pinspots highlighted the tall centerpieces on the tables in the room adjoining the main hall.

Electronic candles were suspended above the head table on glass shelves to complement the soft gold and yellow up-lights throughout the ballroom.

The venue projected gobos of cobblestone shapes onto the floor to recreate the ambiance of Italian streets and sidewalks.

The chef at Restaurant Associates worked with the head chef at the Italian Embassy to design the menu, which began with grappa-compressed melon with prosciutto and black pepper pecorino.

For dessert, the chefs created a red wine chocolate mousse accompanied by pistachio biscotti.