The lamps on the dining room tables

[Robert T. Paige]

Mc Quitty's 1958 ANTR also shows lamps on the tables in the First Class Dining Saloon. The shades seem to be of a different design---maybe some sort of fabric such as silk --- and of a dark color (indeterminate due to the B&W film.)

 

[George Pastarmatzis]

hello again! Were candles used in the dining room or anywhere else in the first class section of the ship?

 

[George Pastarmatzis]

Hi! Were perhaps any candles or oil lamps used throughout first-class restaurants or staterooms for atmosphere purposes or in case of emergency?

 

[Bob Godfrey]

Naked flames are more likely to cause an emergency than to help deal with one! I doubt there was any use for candles on board, but colza oil lamps were available for use by the crew in circumstances which required a portable source of continuous light - by patrolling night watchmen, for instance. Electric torches weren't able to deliver a continuous output in 1912, and also were too bright for use on deck, where those on watch needed to maintain their night vision.

 

[Chad Goodwin]

the table lamps on most ships were gimbels meaning they were weighted in the middle so they balanced themselves on brackets