RENÉ PROU (1889-1947) POUR LA COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS-LITS

LAMPE DE TABLE DE VOITURE - SALON PULLMAN DE LUXE Bronze, the shaft with cut sides, the octagonal base with umbilicus, the original shade conforming to the original in pink silk. 1927. Height. 53 cm; Diameter. 23 cm. Electrically mounted (to standard). Slight dents to base. Model created especially for Pullman lounge cars, series n° 2737 to 2748, 2443 to 2446, 4031 to 4037, 4041 to 4047, designed for luxury daytime trains. BIBLIOGRAPHY. . Luxury trains. Splendour, elegance & extravagance, ACC Art Books UK, 2023, p. 53. . Legendäre Luxuszüge - 24 stilvolle Traumreisen, Frederking & Thaler, 2023, p. 53. . La folie des trains de luxe, Éditions EPA - Hachette, Paris 2022, p. 53. . Treni fra arte, grafica e design, M.A.X. Museo, Chiasso, Switzerland, Skira, 2021 p.216. . Anne Bony, René Prou, entre Art Déco et modernisme, Éditions Norma, 2018. . Jean-Paul Caracalla, Le goût du voyage, histoire de la Compagnie des Wagons-Lits, Flammarion, 2001, p. 146.