But it was long enough for her to be considered the ultimate ocean liner, profiled here as part of our Art Deco Centenary series. Constructed by shipping company Compagnie Générale ...

The first show ever devoted to the design of ocean liners ... example was the great French interwar liner, Normandie, the apogee of Art Deco maritime glamour, which entered service in 1935.

"The Normandie was the most magnificent of all the ocean liners," said Bill Miller ... Original interior works by famous Art Deco artists, furnishings, film footage, voyage logs, uniforms ...

Eileen Gray based her Transat chair, which is shown in the exhibition, on an ocean liner deckchair, turning it into an Art Deco masterpiece. The exhibition recreates life on board an ocean liner ...