[V K Lee]

Looks like the interview was done in Nov, 2015. Perhaps the gold tapestry was actually the leaves on all the trees. The writer of the piece was just using poetic words describing the event. :-) The ‘gold’ description being the key word here

[nopardons]

You’re correct; the author was talking about the view out of Melania’s WINDOW...CENTRAL PARK’S TREES !