boast", with ornate neo-Baroque architecture that "overwhelmed and overawed", and portraits of Bismarck, von Moltke and Kaiser Wilhelm I himself in the first class dining saloon. This was the first liner with four funnels, arranged in two pairs so that the public rooms amidships could be lighted by skylights. Poppe designed a "heavy, dark" smoking room in German Baroque style and a French Rococo ladies' drawing room in white and gold with light blue upholstery. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1904): Neo-Baroque interiors, including a three-level First Class dining saloon which ran the entire width of the ship and was decorated with carved festooned shields. The room also had a life-size portrait of the Kaiser, between "allegoric figures of loyalty and sagacity" and cherubs representing "the Trades, Commerce, and Shipping", all upheld by gilded eagles. References Further reading Obituary. Deutsche Bauzeitung 49 (1915) p. dcxl Johann Georg Poppe and W. Ehlers. Das Verwaltungsgebäude des Norddeutschen Lloyd in Bremen: erbaut in den Jahren 1901–1910. Bremen: Hauschild, 1913. Günter Heiderich. "Der Schiffsausstatter Johann Georg Poppe. Ein Vierteljahrhundert Innendekoration auf See". In Volker Plagemann, ed. Übersee. Seefahrt und Seemacht im deutschen Kaiserreich. Munich: Beck, 1988. External links Bremen Waterworks on de.wikipedia Nordwestdeutsche Gewerbe- und Industrieausstellung on de.wikipedia Bremen Library on de.wikipedia Norddeutscher Lloyd Headquarters on de.wikipedia Kreyenhorst (formerly Knoop) estate on de.wikipedia Villa Ichon on de.wikipedia Related articles in the Bremer Lexikon, online at Bremen erleben!, City of Bremen official tourism site 19th-century German architects Architects from Bremen 1837 births 1915 deaths Gothic Revival architects