Dimensions
248 x 226 x 10mm
From the mid-1890s a race was on between the merchant
navies of the recently unified Germany, Britain and
France. That race was to make the most luxurious and
fastest ocean liners and it started with the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse, the first of fourteen four-stackers
built between 1897 and 1921. The large vessels that
followed each tried to outdo the previous one in terms of
size and interior design. Using many of the most famous
of interior designers, every part of the new ships was
`designed', from the cutlery to the china, from the
furniture to the paneling, and from the bedrooms to the
boat decks. Through Kronprincessin Cecilie, Mauretania,
Aquitania, Olympic, Titanic, Imperator, Vaterland, Ile de
France, and L'Atlantique, the development and design of
the ships grew grander and more luxurious.
