Change is coming ... to the Oval Office rug

1933: Franklin D Roosevelt in the Oval Office Photograph: AP

1962: John F Kennedy's children visit the Oval Office Photograph: White House/Rex Features

President Richard Nixon's office in the White House. The rug, designed by Mrs Nixon, featured the Presidential seal in gold in the centre and golden stars around the edge, all on a field of flag blue Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

President Gerald R Ford with his dog, Liberty, in the Oval Office Photograph: Gerald Ford Museum/AP

President Jimmy Carter Photograph: Corbis

1987: President Ronald Reagan sitting at his desk in the Oval Office Photograph: Diana Walker/Time Life Pictures/Getty

1990: President George Bush and his dog Minnie in the Oval Office Photograph: Rex Features

President Bill Clinton delivering his first radio address to the Nation from the Oval Office Photograph: White House/AP

2008: Pope Benedict XVI and the president, George Bush, in the Oval Office Photograph: Osservatore Romano/Reuters

'The West Wing' Season 7 - Oval Office set Photograph: NBCUPHOTOBANK/Rex Features`