Interior The Ritz Hotel, London

1 interior

1.1 palm court
1.2 dining
1.3 marie antoinette suite
1.4 rooms , suites
1.5 william kent house

interior

ground floor of ritz

the hotel designed london , paris based designers in louis xvi style, consistent throughout, giving hotel special atmosphere of perfect appropriateness , elegant restraint . marcus binney describes great suite of ground-floor rooms 1 of all-time masterpieces of hotel architecture , compares royal palace grand vistas, lofty proportions , sparkling chandeliers . waring & gallow responsible many of fine design work of interiors ground floor plan dated 1906 illustrated large main restaurant overlooking terrace , garden, large central grand gallery , winter garden, circular vestibule beyond reception room, marie antoinette suite near restaurant, , numerous shops. grill room had own entrance on right side of entrance doors on piccadilly, staircase leading down. grill room on eastern side, , banqueting hall lay @ western end, beneath restaurant. today home ritz club. wide vaulted corridor, long gallery, runs arlington street entrance on east side restaurant on west side, finely woven savonnerie carpets. along several intricate horseshoe archways. triangular-shaped staircase features in building s southwest corner. curving main staircase built allow women make dramatic entrance , show off gowns best effect .

the palm court

the palm court

the ritz s known facility palm court, opulently decorated cream-coloured louis xvi setting. decorated lavish furnishings, including gilded louis xvi armchairs oval backs, architects had designed based on research french neo-classical furniture design of 1760s , 1770s, made waring , gillow. room, its, panelled mirrors of bevelled glass in gilt bronze frames , high coving ornamented gilded trellis-work , according montgomery-massingberd , watkin epitomizes elegantly frivolous comfort of edwardian high life .

there large windows @ either end of court, known winter garden, , replaced twenty panels of mirrors after 1972. fountain of court, known la source , made of echaillon marble , extravagantly sculpted. nymph, gold in colour, featured in lair. wrought-iron , glass roof of palm court contains 2 gilded wrought-iron lanterns, , ceiling contains lion skin motifs. room done in soft apricot , has remained since 1906. césar ritz chose colour flatter complexions of women after weeks of experimentation various hues.

the palm court setting world-famous institution tea @ ritz , once frequented king edward vii, sir winston churchill, noël edmonds, judy garland, evelyn waugh , queen elizabeth, queen mother. acquired reputation place tea in london after world war i. in 1920s small orchestra play regularly on court; film producer john sutro instance recalled hermione baddeley once requested violinist play hot . between winter garden , central grand gallery screen featuring 2 ionic columns.

dining

the ritz restaurant



exterior of restaurant on piccadilly

the hotel has 6 private dining rooms, marie antoinette suite, boiserie, , rooms within grade ii* listed william kent house. marcus binney states restaurant not 1 of beautiful interiors in london, can claimed beautiful restaurant in world .

césar ritz once commented room heavily designed in bronze fortunate hotel built steel, or walls collapse weight of bronze . flanking entrance main restaurant 2 life-sized figures set in bronze vert after clodion, holding gilded bronze lustres 6 lights each, mounted on pedestals of polished echaillon marble ornamented bronze . restaurant , adjacent guest room designed p. h. remon , sons of paris. ceiling described montgomery-massingberd , watkin painted trompe-l oeil ceiling on pinkish clouds drift across blue sky encircled garlanded balustrade . bronze chandeliers feature, influenced 18th-century augustin de saint-aubin engraving known le bal pare et masque, , le festin moreau le jeune, given city of paris king , queen on 21 january 1782.

on northern end against piccadilly arcade floor-to-ceiling mirrors, divided panes, give room spacious effect, when lights on day during winter. @ south end of restaurant watercolour davis , gilded figures known thames , ocean , buffet made norwegian pink marble below it, believed inspired louis seize s buffet of mansart .

dining service @ ritz

during 1977 major renovation of hotel, scaffolding used in project hidden clean cloth during mealtimes in louis xvi restaurant not upset diners possibly disturbing sight. during renovation, columns in hotel s lobbies stripped of many coats of cream-coloured paint display original pink marble. of work done in renovation done restore , clean while keeping original 1906 colour scheme. of furniture original opening still in use; new items faithful copies styled after originals. hotel retained nightstand call buttons maid, waiter, valet , servant, refusing make patrons dial telephone services.

from inception, kitchen run french chefs, , had specialist in russian soups , viennese pastry; cakes became famous king edward made regular orders buckingham palace. m. malley, had been saucier @ paris ritz appointed chef des cuisines, , invented dishes such saumon marquise de sevignre (salmon crayfish mousse), filet de sole romanoff (served mussels, small slices of apple , artichokes), , poulet en chaudfroid (chicken accompanied curry-flavoured pinkish mousse) @ hotel. ritz renowned supreme catering service, using fine rooms conferencing between executives , directors of multi-national firms. table @ restaurant still needs booked weeks in advance. rivoli bar, built in art deco style, designed in 2001 interior designer tessa kennedy, bar on orient express. lounge decorated marcel boulanger in louis viv style, clubroom lenygon , morant, influenced palladian design of cumberland house in brettingham, , other rooms decorated clear william chambers , robert adam influences. meals can served on nanking china in trafalgar suite. banquet , catering services received royal warrant hrh prince of wales in 2005.

marie antoinette suite

the marie antoinette suite in 1914

the marie antoinette suite accessed main restaurant. according marcus binney gilded detail of room has lustre , crispness of gilt bronze, egg-and-dart in boldly modelled cornice . floral motifs common feature of room, given namesake, marie antoinette, , represents flowers @ 1 of feasts. on overmantel basket of flowers, flowers spilling out on frames of oval lunettes . in small entrance lobby of suite 2 terracotta statues of spring , summer, drum-shaped pedestals ornamented gilt-bronze flowers , ribbons . ventilation grilles, of considerable size, decorated in bronzed lattice. on walls series lamp holders held miniature apollo lyres, each bulb holder containing around 25 leaves opened out. lights, according binney, hung on cords ribbons tied in bows, entwined @ intervals flowers, descending cluster of tassels . panels of walls treated picture frames, inner , outer mouldings, in contrast window frames , wall mirrors surrounded clusters of reeds, inset behind curtain hang without obscuring moulding , according binney.

rooms , suites

a junior suite @ ritz

as of 2015, ritz london has 134 guestrooms, of 111 bedrooms , 23 suites. main bedrooms divided 3 principal categories: superior queen/king/twin, executive king/twin , deluxe king/twin. superior queen , king rooms 215 square feet (20.0 m) , 260 square feet (24 m) in size respectively, while executive , deluxe king rooms 320 square feet (30 m) , 385 square feet (35.8 m) suites divided categories: junior suite, superior suite, executive suite, deluxe suite, trafalgar suite , berkeley suite, , include signature suites royal suite , prince of wales suite, each own unique style. executive suites typically face south, , 320 square feet (30 m) in size, small lounge area , antique furniture. junior suites, fireplaces, gilded mouldings , antique furniture above piccadilly, , 495 square feet (46.0 m) in size, while 3-5 bedroom suites range in size 1,990 square feet (185 m) 2,802 square feet (260.3 m).

william kent house

william kent house, known wimbourne house, opened extension of ritz. house has been converted complete function area music room, burlington room, queen elizabeth room , william kent room. accommodates 3 of ritz top suites: arlington suite, royal suite prince of wales suite.

several of rooms have louis xvi chimneypieces. grade ii building restored , given modern touch period furnishings concealing things flat screen televisions. restoration won royal institute of british architects national gold medal in 2007.

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