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RENÉ PROU (1889-1947)
COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS-LITS RECTANGULAR COMPARTMENT PANEL FOR FIRST CLASS TYPE S BED CARS Wood veneered, decorated with an octagonal marquetry of polychrome flowers. 1926. Height. 58 cm; Width. 35 cm; Depth. 2 cm. BIBLIOGRAPHY. . Treni fra arte, grafica e design, exhibition catalog at the M.A.X. Museo, Chiasso, Switzerland, Skira, 2021, reprinted p. 218. Designed by René Prou, this marquetry decorated the S-type sleeping cars used on the Orient-Express, Calais-Méditerranée-Express (Train Bleu), Paris Rome Express and other prestige trains operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits in the 1920s and 1930s.
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