COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS-LITS

SET OF THIRTEEN PANELS FOR THE INTERIOR OF A "FLÈCHE D'OR" RESTAURANT WAGON. RECTANGULAR PANEL. Wood veneer inlaid with frieze, decorated with fillets and acanthus leaves. 35 x 91.5 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Wood veneer inlaid with a floral basin. 30.2 x 72.5 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Wood veneer inlaid with a central fillet around which ribboned flowering branches unfurl. 50 x 26.4 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Wood veneer inlaid with filleted friezes and adorned with a chased ormolu applique centered on a rose framed by palmettes and foliate interlacing. 16.5 x 62.5 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Inlaid veneer decorated with a fluted vase, framed by floral scrolls and acanthus leaves. Slight wear to the veneer. 11 x 57 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Inlaid veneer featuring a bouquet of flowers in a filleted frame. 47.5 x 38 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Inlaid wood, decorated with four roses in a four-lobed reserve. 33.5 x 52 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Inlaid wood veneer, decorated with a fan centered on a vase of flowers in a checkerboard pattern surrounded by butterflies and two confronting putti. 26.5 x 67 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Inlaid veneer depicting a chariot driven by an angelot, pulled by a stag and a goat, and followed by a faun playing the aulos. Slight restoration in the lower left corner. 16.5 x 41 cm. . PAIR OF RECTANGULAR PANELS. Inlaid veneer depicting a chariot driven by cherubs, pulled by goats and littered with an angel holding a thyrseus. 16.5 x 42 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Inlaid wood featuring an angel, one arm raised, the other holding a torch towards the ground. Framed. 17 x 12.5 cm. . RECTANGULAR PANEL. Inlaid wood with two cherubs, one holding a torch, the other a chopstick. 16.5 x 24.5 cm. 1926. La flèche d'or, a first-class express train made up of a dozen Pullman carriages in brown and cream livery, operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, ran between Paris (Gare du Nord) and London (Victoria Station) between 1926 and 1972.