The desk of the Vice President of the United States sits in the front of the Old Senate
Chamber, the room in the U.S. Capitol where the U.S. Senate met from 1819 until
1859. The room was restored in 1976. According to the website for the Architect of
the Capitol http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-buildings/old-senate-chamber): "A curved
table with richly turned and carved legs and a crimson modesty screen sits on a raised
platform in the center of the room. This is the desk of the Vice President of the United
States, who serves as President of the Senate. The desk is crowned as a place of
importance by an elaborate canopy with a mahogany valence from which crimson
fabric is hung. A carved gilt eagle and shield stand above the valence. Directly in front
of the Vice President's desk, but one tier down, is a larger desk of similar design; this
was occupied by the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk." Another photo of the
inside of the Capitol is below. Additional images from Washington are in my Cities gallery.