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Paris mon amour, 14th, part 2: LARGE EXPRESSES, HOTELS, TRANSPORT, METROPOLITAN, COFFES AND RESTAURANTS, INSTITUTIONS AND SHOPS, POST OFFICES, GARDEN ORNAMENTS, URBAN FURNITURE

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Lot 378 - COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS LITS COMPANY EMBLEM Polished bronze, featuring the monogram "WL", framed by two lions facing each other on a phylactery, all encircled by laurel branches, on a rectangular wooden panel lacquered midnight blue exactly to the same design. 20th century. Height. 72 cm; Width. 92 cm; Depth. 3 cm. BIBLIOGRAPHY. . Luxury trains. Splendour, elegance & extravagance, ACC Art Books UK, 2023, p. 48. . Legendäre Luxuszüge - 24 stilvolle Traumreisen, Frederking & Thaler, 2023, p. 48. . La folie des trains de luxe, Editions EPA - Hachette, Paris 2022, reproduced p. 48. . Treni fra arte, grafica e design, exhibition catalog M.A.X. Museo, Chiasso, Switzerland, Skira, 2021, p. 208. . Constantin Parvulesco, Orient-Express, un train de rêve, E.T.A.I., 2002, reproduced on cover. . Jean-Paul Caracalla, Le goût du voyage, histoire de la Compagnie des Wagons-Lits, Flammarion, 2001, p. 67 and 143. . Jean des Cars, Jean-Paul Caracalla, L'Orient-Express, un siècle d'aventures ferroviaires, Denoël, 1984, reproduced on p. 78. . Jean des Cars, Jean-Paul Caracalla, Le Train Bleu et les Grands Express de la Riviera, Denoël, 1988, reproduced p. 77. The Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits was founded in 1872 by Liège businessman Georges Nagelmackers, with financial backing from King Leopold of Belgium. Leopold of Belgium. Inspired by the model of the night trains launched in the United States by Colonel Pullman's company, with whom he formed an early partnership, he built Europe's first sleeping and dining cars, and in 1883 launched the Grand Express d'Orient between Paris and Constantinople, which became the famous Orient-Express. The two lions on the Company's emblem are a tribute to the Kingdom of Belgium.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 381 - RENÉ PROU (1889-1947) - COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS - CAR COMPARTMENT RECTANGULAR PANEL BEDS - TYPE S FIRST CLASS BEDS Cuba mahogany veneered wood, decorated with octagonal marquetry of flowers and polychrome leaves. 1926. On the reverse, stencilled no (illegible), painted inscription: D.1 - 8, felt-tip pen inscription: 6/1B - 6. 93.5 x 40.2 cm. Later framed with a Sapelli wood rod. BIBLIOGRAPHY. . Luxury trains, Splendour, elegance & extravagance, ACC Art Books UK, 2023, similar copy p. 145. . Legendäre Luxuszüge - 24 stilvolle Traumreisen, Frederking & Thaler, 2023, similar copy p. 145. . La folie des trains de luxe, Éditions EPA - Hachette, Paris 2022, a similar copy on p. 145. . Treni fra arte, grafica e design, M.A.X. Museo, Chiasso, Switzerland, Skira, 2021. . Lucinda Gosling, Holidays and high society, the golden age of travel, 2019. . Anne Bony, René Prou, entre Art Déco et Modernisme, Norma Editions, Paris, 2018. . Jean des Cars, Jean-Paul Caracalla, L'Orient-Express, un siècle d'aventures ferroviaires, Denoël, 1984. . Jean des Cars, Jean-Paul Caracalla, Le Train Bleu et les Grands Express de la Riviera, Denoël, 1988. This marquetry, designed by René Prou, decorated the S-type sleeping cars used on the Orient-Express, Calais-Méditerranée-Express (Train Bleu), Paris Rome Express and other prestige CIWL trains in the 1920s-1930s. RENÉ PROU René Prou, a famous decorator of the early 20th century, left an important mark on the decorative arts related to the art of travel. In particular, he contributed to the decoration of hotels all over the world. From 1919 onwards, he was involved in fitting out the liner Paris and, throughout the 20s, the Volubilis, Roussillon, Cuba and Florida liners. He was entrusted with the entire design of the De Grasse liner, whose dining room was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1924. In 1927, he participated in the design of the liner Ile de France, alongside some of the most famous names of his time, such as Ruhlmann and Leleu, testifying to his renown and the quality of his creations. His work on liners continued with the complete outfitting of the Lafayette, Côte d'Azur and Colombie, and his participation in the Atlantic shipyard. His talent was further deployed when he took up one of the challenges posed by the development of the railroads: to fit out the small space of a train carriage luxuriously and with maximum comfort. In 1922, he began a long and fruitful collaboration with the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, which developed the most famous international trains, such as the Orient-Express, the Train Bleu and the Flèche d'Or. He fitted out more than 280 passenger cars, including sleeping cars, the most remarkable of which are the 90 LX-type cars with private compartments for a single passenger. René Prou also teamed up with master glassmaker René Lalique in 1928 to decorate 14 Pullman saloon cars, which came out in 1929, marking the apogee of luxury rail travel with his creations. Panels like the ones shown here were mounted above the beds in the cabins of the first metal carriages to run on the Orient-Express, the Train Bleu and all the Compagnie des Wagons-Lits luxury express trains. These carriages were inaugurated in December 1922 on platform no. 1 of the Gare de Lyon to Nice and the Côte d'Azur. Previously, the cars were made of teak wood. For the occasion, the cars were decked out in the night-blue livery with gold highlights that gave the Train Bleu its name. Calais-Méditerranée-Express. The panels we present are from a Type S sleeper on the Orient Express, from 1922 to 1926.

Estim. 2 500 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 383 - RENÉ PROU (1889-1947) - COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS - TRIPTYCH BEDS WITH RECTANGULAR CAR COMPARTMENT PANELS - FIRST CLASS BEDS TYPE S - One panel in wood veneered with Cuban mahogany, decorated with an oval marquetry of flowers and polychrome leaves. 1926. On reverse, sleeper stencil no.: 2960; chalk inscription: XXII; felt-tip pen inscription: 10/1A - 3. 57.3 x 58.5 cm. Later framed with a Sapelli wood rod. - The other two in wood veneered with Cuban mahogany, decorated with an octagonal marquetry of exotic polychrome flowers. 1926. On the reverse of one, painted inscription: 7.D; chalk inscription: KP7; felt-tip inscription: 3/1A - 10. On the reverse of the other, stencilled number of the sleeper: 2949 (from 1926); felt-tip inscription 2/3A - 10. 57 x 42 cm. Later framed with a Sapelli wood rod. BIBLIOGRAPHY. . Luxury trains. Splendour, elegance & extravagance, ACC Art Books UK, 2023. . Legendäre Luxuszüge - 24 stilvolle Traumreisen, Frederking & Thaler, 2023. . La folie des trains de luxe, Éditions EPA - Hachette, Paris 2022. . Treni fra arte, grafica e design, exhibition catalog M.A.X. Museo, Chiasso, Switzerland, Skira, 2021. . Anne Bony, René Prou, entre Art Déco et modernisme, Éditions Norma, 2018, p. 109. . Jean-Paul Caracalla, Le goût du voyage, histoire de la Compagnie des Wagons-Lits, Flammarion, 2001, p. 67. . Jean des Cars, Jean-Paul Caracalla, L'Orient-Express, un siècle d'aventures ferroviaires, Denoël, 1984, reproduced p. 78. . Jean des Cars, Jean-Paul Caracalla, Le Train Bleu et les Grands Express de la Riviera, Denoël, 1988, reproduced p. 77. Designed by René Prou, these marquetries decorated the S-type sleeping cars used on the Orient-Express, Calais-Méditerranée-Express (Train Bleu), Paris Rome Express and other prestige CIWL trains in the 1920s-1930s.

Estim. 8 000 - 8 500 EUR

Lot 388 - RENÉ PROU (1889-1947) POUR LA COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS-LITS - IMPORTANT LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR THE GRAND-LUXE COMPARTMENTS OF THE BLUE TRAIN Chromed metal, rectangular shape, with openwork Art Deco geometric motifs, rectangles and wavelets. 1929. Height. 14 cm; Width. 182 cm; Depth. 42 cm. PROVENANCE. Voitures-lits type LX série 3496-3555 built by Entreprises Industrielles Charentaises in Aytré (Charente-Maritime). BIBLIOGRAPHY. . Luxury trains. Splendour, elegance & extravagance, ACC Art Books UK, 2023, reproduced pp. 142, 143. . Legendäre Luxuszüge - 24 stilvolle Traumreisen, Frederking & Thaler, 2023, reproduced pp. 142, 143. . La folie des trains de luxe, Éditions EPA - Hachette, Paris 2022, reproduced pp. 142, 143. . Treni fra arte, grafica e design, M.A.X. Museo, Chiasso, Switzerland, Skira, 2021, reproduced pp. 220 and 221. . Lucinda Gosling, Holidays and high society, the golden age of travel, 2019, p. 39. . Anne Bony, René Prou, entre Art Déco et modernisme, Éditions Norma, 2018, reproduced pp. 104, 105, 106 and 111. . Jean des Cars, Jean-Paul Caracalla, Le Train Bleu et les Grands Express de la Riviera, Denoël, 1988, reproduced p. 78. This type of luggage rack, designed by René Prou for the 1929 series of 90 LX-type sleeping cars, each with ten single compartments, was used mainly on the Calais-Méditerranée-Express (Train Bleu), but also on the Nord Express (Paris-Warsaw), the Paris Rome Express and the Paris Pyrénées Côte d'Argent Express.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 398 - 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.

Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR