The Palm Court The Ritz Hotel, London

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.

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