MORRISON "Exotic vegetation". Circular view panel with maple and plane tree marquetry stained in polychrome on a pear tree background. Mounted in a tray later with a glass slab to the form. 56 x 48 cm History: this decorative panel was made in the late 1920s for the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. A similar example was sold by Christie's Paris, on September 27, 2011 in the sale "L'âge d'or du Rail souvenirs de la Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits", under lot 213.

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