Cocktail Tables From The Alster Club (later Volga Bar)
From the Georg Manner-designed Liner HAMBURG (later MAXIM GORKIY)

Items from SS MAXIM GORKIY (ex HAMBURG)

Measurements: 32 Inches Long x 20 Inches Wide x 21 Inches Tall
Curved Orange Cloisonne Top
Sleek, Polished Chrome Framework
Price: $550 USD plus shipping
Three Available

Two views of the tables as they are today and a detail shot of the cloisonne. Photos and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

Georg Manner was one of post war Germany's prominent architects. His maritime contributions included the Hamburg-Sud CAP cargo liners, of which the CAP SAN DIEGO survives as a hotel and museum in Hamburg. Arguably his most celebrated floating achievement was German Atlantic Lines' TS HAMBURG, the first German-built German flaship after the war. The HAMBURG was forward-looking and quite experimental with her saucer-topped hourglass funnel, central passageways and clean, high quality modern interior fittings. Too bad her builders/owners chose to give her steam propulsion; otherwise, she might still be in service today.

MAXIM GORKIY's Volga Bar (formerly the Alster Club), where these tables survived for four decades. Bottom image shows the condition of the room when the ship arrived at Alang. Photos and copyright Peter Knego 2008 and Kaushal Trivedi 2009.

These tables are incredibly heavy and solid and were just part of the palisander paneled, smoky ambiance of the HAMBURG's Alster Club that later survived mostly intact as MAXIM GORKIY's popular Volga Bar. I was only able to get three before the lot was sold off at Alang. Also, please note, the suede panels by Kristin Koschad-Hote and the iconic light fixtures from the Alster Club/Volga Bar have also become part of the MidShipCentury catalog. Overall condition is excellent but there are some expected minor cracks and dings in the cloisonne that can be addressed with a little patience and tlc, if desired.