The SS Ile de France, completed for the French Line in 1927, was among the first major ocean liners to be decorated throughout in the Art Deco style, and her lavish interiors helped set the fashion for shipboard design between the two world wars. She earned a reputation as one of the most popular transatlantic liners of her era for the quality of her cuisine, service, and public rooms, and she survived the Second World War in Allied service before returning to commercial duty. In 1956 she took part in the rescue of survivors from the sinking Andrea Doria, and she remained in active French Line service until the early 1960s.
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