Morro Castle : First Class Lounge

The lounge was, perhaps, the most Cunard-like room aboard the ships. The walls were paneled in medium-toned wood, with details picked out by gilt. Both levels of the lounge well were defined by gilt-topped Corinthian columns, and all four corners of the well curved outward into the room, suggesting pavilions. The panels along the walls were defined by Corinthian- capitaled pilasters, and those on the forward bulkhead contained inlay work- perhaps of mother of pearl. On the B Deck level, there was a piano forward, an elaborate fireplace with overmantle aft, and an abundance of chairs, tables, couches and potted snake plants in the stylistic mélange usually described with the cover-all term "Edwardian." The effect was suitably grand, and completely pre-War.