Floor (East Corridor)
The marble floor of the Great Hall contains a number of incised brass inlays. The center represents the sun, on which are noted the four cardinal points of the compass, which indicates the orientation of the building. A decorative scale pattern encloses the sun as a centerpiece.
Twelve squares at the perimeter of the floor of the Great Hall represent the signs of the zodiac. The other squares form two patterns of rosettes. They are embedded in blocks of dark red, richly mottled French marble, around which are borders of pure white Italian marble.
Proceeding clockwise from bottom left, the zodiac signs are Leo, Cancer, Gemini, Taurus, Aries, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Libra, and Virgo.