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Description: | Interior of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) showing the First Class Lounge, also called the Palladian Lounge, on the Promenade Deck (A Deck); a view looking aft.
The Baroque-style interior decoration was carried out by Lenygon & Co Ltd, London. The spandrels on each side of the arches are copies after Jean Baptiste Van Loo?s ?Four Elements?. Under the coffered vault is a reproduction of one of the Mortlake tapestries depicting the 1672 Battle of Solebay commissioned by Charles II (the original is at Hampton Court). The semi-circular recess was used for concerts and dramatic performances; a grand piano is visible on the stage. The lunettes above the cornice by the work of the celebrated 17th-century metalworker Jean Tijou. The allegorical painting on the ceiling is said to be an original 18th-century Dutch picture and the carpet is a Savonnerie reproduction.
See photocopies of general arrangement plans of the 'Aquitania' (1914) in Cunard White Star Ltd collection. This photograph was reproduced in the 8 January 1915 issue of 'The Builder'.
caption: First Class Lounge on the Aquitania (1914) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | glass photonegatives Mew�s and Davis 'Aquitania' (1914) Aquitania (1914) Mewes & Davis John Brown & Co. Ltd | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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