The Sandringham Restaurant
Because Caronia was primarily designed as a one-class ship for cruising, there was very little difference in the decor style between her two restaurants, both named after Royal estates. The main distinguishing point between them was the colour of the chair coverings, blue in the Balmoral and red in the Sandringham. Neither restaurant extended as one room to the sides of the ship, so natural light only ever reached these rooms when the double swing doors to the galley were held open.
Situated aft of the galley, the Sandringham Restaurant (seen above) was used as the Cabin class restaurant on transatlantic crossings where there would be two sittings for luncheon and dinner. In the photo above, the photographer is stood by the port side aft pillar looking forward toward the starboard side entrance to the galley. Barely a third of the whole is seen. There were four of the supporting pillars seen centre.
Sadly, not clearly visible in this picture, the dark rectangle going into the upper deck above the pillar was one of four beautifully etched glass figures depicting the Seasons. They were manufactured by the London Sand Blast Decorative Glassworks Ltd., and all four feature on Page 2 of the Art & Industry Virtual Tour.
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