High Style on the High Seas: Passenger Ships Interiors

Description

Ocean liners conjure up an instant image of luxury. The great salons and smoking room, the suites, the staterooms and even the indoor swimming pools. This book will look at a century or so of the decor of ocean liners. It begins with the likes of the 'Mauretania', commissioned in 1907, and shows the Edwardian flourish and finery-the palm court days. We move into the 1920s & '30s, to Art Nouveau, German Bauhaus and of course the high glamour of Art Deco. Ships include the 'Paris', the innovative 'Ile de France', the 'Bremen' and the stunning 'Normandie' and 'Queen Mary'. Then there is post-war moderne, 'mid century' as it is dubbed today, and finally the contemporary of the current cruise generation-the floating resorts.

Bill Miller is the author of over 90 books, almost all about ocean liners. Known as 'Mr Ocean Liner,' he has also penned over 1,000 newspaper & magazine articles about these ships, their voyages and the current age of cruising. Miller has also been guest speaker on over 50 liners and altogether has made some 450 voyages in the past fifty or so years. He has also appeared in dozens of TV documentaries and news casts, has been the adjunct curator of Ocean Liner Studies at New York City's South Street Seaport, did the passenger database for the Ellis Island Museum and has been the subject of a documentary called 'Mr Ocean Liner'.