Description: British Pullman wagons in the 20's and 30's were built at the heyday of luxury train travel. Carriages built in this period were the most comfortable, elegant and luxurious ever constructed. The 11 parlour cars that make up the British Pullman carriages of the Orient-Express were all built between 1925 and 1938 but some are more strikingly Art Deco than others. They were all given women's names; Audrey, Vera and Gwen built for the Brighton Belle service in 1932, have a popular Art Deco feel. Audrey and Gwen have bright chrome fittings, sun-blast design strip ceiling lights and marquetry panels that feature elaborate landscape scenes and Deco style shell motifs. The exotic marquetry in Vera depicts a stylised gazelle leaping between two curvaceous palm trees and the 1930's upholstery has a subtle pattern of leaves and feathers. Zena, built in 1928 and used in the Bournemouth Belle service between 1929 - 1946 has what are considered to be the most traditional Art Deco designs with marquetry featuring geometric shapes and hexagonal picture mirrors. The wagons are now used as part of the Orient Express UK touring trains. The one seen here was probably on The Northern Belle run.