Description
- Recovered with bodies by the CS Minia and kept by her captain, W.G. Squares de Carteret.
- Comes from the arch over the forward entrance to the First Class lounge, the area where RMS Titanic broke in half before plunging to the bottom, hence the broken edges.
- Contains carvings of musical instruments and scroll in the Louis XV style used for the lounge.
- Comparisons with surviving panelling from Titanic's sister ship, RMS Olympic, shows that carvers were given a design outline, but were allowed to follow their own imagination in the details, making each carving a unique piece of artwork.
Reference no.:
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, M2004.50.108
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