Inside First Class Smoking Room Titanic

Certain artifacts which once decorated the room have been recovered from the debris field including two of the gilt bronze chandeliers and portions of the red and blue linoleum floor tiles.

Inside first class smoking room titanic.

Located directly above the library it was decorated in the louis xvi style paneled in oak and laid with linoleum tiles. The smoking room was destroyed during the sinking being located just aft of where the break up occurred in an area that was ripped apart during the stern s plunge to the sea floor. The first class public rooms included a dining saloon reception room restaurant lounge reading and writing room smoking room and the veranda cafes and palm courts. The first class smoking room located on a deck off the aft grand staircase landing was a late night lounge where 1st class male passengers could congregate socialize discuss matters of business politics smoke drink and play games of chance except on sundays.

In keeping with social conventions of the time the room was exclusive to men. The facilities on board titanic and olympic far supassed rival ships. No pictures of the titanic s smoking room are known only those of the olympic.