Ocean Liners Exhibition, V&A, Dundee
Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Exhibitions, Modern Architecture at 12:00 on 15 October 2018
We visited the new V&A, Dundee, last week where the first exhibition was on Ocean Liners, with the sub-heading Speed and Style:-
Exhibition Poster, V&A entrance behind:-
This post only scratches the surface of what is a sumptuous exhibition which is mainly a feast of Art Deco style reflecting the ocean liner’s inter-wars heyday.
Brochure for French shipping line:-
United States Lines Brochure:-
It’s not exclusively Art Deco, though. This is a Louis XIV style door from a pre World War 1 French liner:-
A similar Louis XIV style panel and chair:-
Wall panel from one of the Titanic’s sister ships, SS Olympic:-
The ultimate in streamlined ship design. Perhaps it was fortunate this was never built. Everything’s enclosed, there’s no deck where you could take the air. (It also looks a bit like a submarine):-
Tags: Art Deco, Dundee, Ocean Liners Exhibition, SS Olympic, TItanic, V&A
Joan Kyler
15 October 2018 at 12:35
What a terrific exhibit. I love ocean liners, although because I’m inclined to motion sickness, I’m not a candidate for passenger. But what a glamorous era of travel that was We in the US should be ashamed that our flagship, the SS United States, is currently rotting to death at a pier in Philadelphia. She’s a beautiful ship. Like many sports cars, she looks like she’s speeding even when she’s not moving. I’m ashamed that our government won’t invest in her restoration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_United_States
jackdeighton
15 October 2018 at 19:16
Joan,
At least you haven’t sold it off to other countries like we did ours.
It’s a pity the plans to make it into a floating restaurant or similar haven’t come to anything.