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Lot n° 385

RENÉ PROU (1889-1947)

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COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS-LITS RECTANGULAR COMPARTMENT PANEL FOR FIRST CLASS TYPE S BED CARS Veneered wood, decorated with an octagonal marquetry of stylized exotic flowers. 1926. 50 x 28 cm. This marquetry, designed by René Prou, decorated S-type sleeper cars used on the Orient-Express, Calais-Méditerranée-Express (Train Bleu), Paris Rome Express and other prestige CIWL trains in the 1920s-1930s.