LALIQUE THREE-LEAF WOODEN FOLDING SCREEN WITH COLOURLESS CRYSTAL PANELS
Lot 379
14 00016 000
signed ‘Lalique France’
screen: 170 x 49.8 cm (each leaf)
3 large crystal panels: 45 x 14.5 cm (each); 6 panels with grape motif: 10.5 x 14.5 cm (each)
The three Art Deco crystal panels (Woman with arms raised, Pipe player, Woman with head raised) were created by René Lalique in 1928 to decorate the carriages of the famous Orient Express train which took passengers from Paris to the shores of the Bosphorus.