Interior of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) showing the First Class Lounge, also called Palladian Lounge, on the Promenade Deck (A Deck). This is a view of the starboard side, looking towards the double doors through to the First Class Salon (or Writing Room). Windows overlooking the First Class Garden Lounge are visible on the right side of the image.

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’. The carvings may have been inspired by those of the Dutch wood carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721); and 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.