Smoking rooms

NOTES: From the Moulton-Barrett Volume (p. 25), a volume of originals and tracings of office drawings collected by Octavius Barrett during the time he worked in Barry's office.

NOTES: The TSS (Turbine Steam Ship) Tuscania (or 'SS 595') was a luxury liner of the Cunard subsidiary Anchor Line. It was built between 1919 and 1921. It was later purchased by Greek shipping magnate Leonidas Goulandris (1939), who re-named it the 'Nea Hellas'. The interior furnishings were executed by Waring & Gillow, a noted English furniture manufacturer.

NOTES: The TSS (Turbine Steam Ship) Tuscania (or 'SS 595') was a luxury liner of the Cunard subsidiary Anchor Line. It was built between 1919 and 1921. It was later purchased by Greek shipping magnate Leonidas Goulandris (1939), who re-named it the 'Nea Hellas'. The interior furnishings were executed by Waring & Gillow, a noted English furniture manufacturer.

NOTES: The TSS (Turbine Steam Ship) Tuscania (or 'SS 595') was a luxury liner of the Cunard subsidiary Anchor Line. It was built between 1919 and 1921. It was later purchased by Greek shipping magnate Leonidas Goulandris (1939), who re-named it the 'Nea Hellas'. The interior furnishings were executed by Waring & Gillow, a noted English furniture manufacturer.

SOURCE: Une Ambassade Francaise (Paris, 1925), pl. VII NOTES: The Ambassade Francaise was organised by the Societe des Artistes Decorateurs and consisted of twenty-five rooms arranged around a three-sided court.

NOTES: Here the walls were panelled in coromandel lacquer of deep brown-red with gilt overlay, and depicted hunting scenes. The grand staircase can be seen in the background. At the head of the staircase was the statue of 'La Normandie' by Baudry.