Maple With Mahogany Pin Stripe Paneling
From Former Tourist Class Dining Room
SS OLYMPIA (later MV CARIBE, CARIBE I, REGAL EMPRESS)

Items from MV REGAL EMPRESS (ex SS OLYMPIA, MV CARIBE, MV CARIBE I)

Varying Size and Condition -- Priced Accordingly

The REGAL EMPRESS' Caribbean Restaurant, formerly the Olympian Hall, facing aft. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2003.

British-built ships of the post war era had the most sumptuous wood paneling at a time when other nations were switching over to marinite (asbestos), melamine or even painted steel. After the "purge" of the mid-1970s when most of the grand British liners were paraded off to Taiwan for scrap, very few examples of this type of craftsmanship remained. Some ships like the former Shaw Savill SOUTHERN CROSS managed to survive but only after vast refits that stripped the woodwork away. But the former OLYMPIA was left virtually intact when she returned to service as CARIBE I in the early 1980s.. Her lobbies and vestibules, certain public rooms and a handful of cabins were aglow in some of the most stunning woodwork.

The paneling as it appeared in the REGAL EMPRESS' Caribbean Restaurant. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

The Olympian Hall, the OLYMPIA's former tourist class dining room, was paneled in handsome maple with pin stripes of mahogany framing rectangular panels. It survived all the way to the end of the ship's career as REGAL EMPRESS, although the room had been reinvented as the ship's Caribbean Restaurant. Some of the panels have writing on the back with their location in the room. Most are in excellent condition, especially for their age. Mostly minor and occasionally major flaws, chips, etc. are noted on each listing to the best of my ability.

***SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 1: 72 by 48 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. 4 inch chip on bottom. Price: $215.00 -- ***SOLD***. Photos and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

***THIS ITEM IS SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 2: 72.5 by 48 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. 2 inch top edge chipped. Price: $215.00 -- ***SOLD***. Photos and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

***THIS ITEM IS SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 3: 72 by 40 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. Price: ***SOLD*** $215.00. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

***THIS ITEM IS SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 4: 72 by 40 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. Price: ***SOLD*** $215.00. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

***THIS ITEM IS SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 5: 81 by 31.5 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. Bottom 5 Inches scuffed, chipped, etc. ***SOLD*** Price: $175.00. Photos and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

***THIS ITEM IS SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 14 and the various cuts in this, 18A, 18B and 20: 81.5 by 94 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. 16.5 by 4.5 inch sconce holes; 31 by 9 inch vent hole; 1.5 inch circular hole. Three nicks in bottom. Price: $400.00 -- ***SOLD***. Photos and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

***THIS ITEM IS SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 18A: 82 by 91 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. 16.5 by 3.75 inch sconce holes; 30 by 9 inch vent hole; 1.5 inch circular hole. Price: $400.00 -- ***SOLD***. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

***THIS ITEM IS SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 18B: 81.5 by 90.5 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. 16.5 by 3.75 inch sconce holes; 31 by 9 inch vent hole; 1.5 inch circular hole. 3 by 2.5 inch chip in left sconce hole. Price: $400.00 -- ***SOLD***. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

THIS ITEM IS SOLD***Tourist Class Dining Room Panel 20: 83.5 by 90 Inches. 1/2 Inch Thick. 16.5 by 3.75 inch sconce hole; recess for marquetry panel since removed; 1.5 inch circular hole. 3 by 2.5 inch chip in left sconce hole. Price: $400.00 -- ***SOLD***. Photo and copyright Peter Knego 2010.

Page Added: August 23, 2010. Updated June 27, 2011, August 2, 2011.