Palm court

The palm court of the Carlton Hotel, 1899, captioned in The Illustrated London News as "A Fashionable Resort of Today"

A palm court is a large atrium with palm trees, usually in a prestigious hotel, where functions are staged, notably tea dances. Examples include the Langham Hotel (1865),[1] Alexandra Palace (1873), the Carlton Hotel (1899), and the Ritz Hotel (1906), all in London; and the Alexandria Hotel (court added in 1911) in Los Angeles, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Britannia Hotel in Trondheim and the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Capitalizing on their popularity, some ocean liners also had palm courts, notably the RMS Titanic (1912).[2]

  1. ^ 'Palm Court', Langham Hotel
  2. ^ Beveridge, Bruce (2009). The Ship Magnificent, Volume Two: Interior Design & Fitting, p.254. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-4626-4.