First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Aquitania' (1914)

Interior of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) showing the central area of the First Class Dining Saloon (Louis XVI Restaurant), on the Upper Deck (D Deck), a view looking forward.

The Dining Saloon is decorated in the Etruscan style, a type of delicate, painted Neo-classical decoration, derived mainly from the shapes, motifs and colours of antique vases. The painted ceiling representing 'The Triumph of Flora' is visible. A well established iconographic theme, the Triumph of Flora is a celebration of spring and the renewal of floral life. Flora is seated on a cloud with Pomona and Ceres by her side.

The decoration of the First Class Dining Saloon was carried out by P. H. Rémon & Sons, Paris.

Object Details

ID: G10892
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bedford Lemere & Co
Vessels: Aquitania (1914)
Date made: 1914
People: John Brown & Company; Mewes & Davis
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 305 mm x 254 mm
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