First Class Music Room on the 'Lucania' (1893)
Interior of the passenger liner 'Lucania' (1893) showing the First Class Music Room, on the Promenade Deck, a view along the centre line, looking forward.
The First Class Music Room was designed and furnished by Wylie & Lochhead Ltd, Glasgow, it was described at the time as being in the Renaissance style. This photograph shows the well rising up from the First Class Dining Saloon on the deck below to a stained glass skylight on the Shade Deck above. At this level it was enclosed by windows which had central pivots to allow them to be swung open to provide ventilation. The semi-grand piano was made of satinwood and cedar to match the surrounding panelling.
The First Class Music Room was designed and furnished by Wylie & Lochhead Ltd, Glasgow, it was described at the time as being in the Renaissance style. This photograph shows the well rising up from the First Class Dining Saloon on the deck below to a stained glass skylight on the Shade Deck above. At this level it was enclosed by windows which had central pivots to allow them to be swung open to provide ventilation. The semi-grand piano was made of satinwood and cedar to match the surrounding panelling.
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Object Details
ID: | G10529 |
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Collection: | Historic Photographs |
Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Bedford Lemere & Co |
Vessels: | Lucania (1893) |
Date made: | 28 June 1900 |
People: | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 254 mm x 305 mm |