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Desk pad signed by Maison Hermès Paris, work of Paul Dupré-Lafon *, red leather saddle stitch and hinge silver metal, vintage 1940-1950 twentieth century.
This desk is in good condition. Signed see pictures.
A note: the leather is a little worn in places (scratches and rubbing), some traces of oxidation on metal hinges, wear of time, look at the pictures.
Descendant of a family of industrialists and great merchants of Marseilles, Paul Dupré-Lafon is formed the school of the Beaux-Arts of his hometown until 1923. He is illustrated as of 1924 by the realization of the headquarters of the Weill house. In 1929, the young Dupré-Lafon is definitely on the Paris scene as he signs all the furniture of a four-storey mansion overlooking Parc Monceau. This set also seals the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration with Hermès; which will find its apogee in the years 1950-1960 with the edition of many accessories of offices as well as the marketing of the valet de nuit. Discreet and solitary, Dupré-Lafon will expose little and will belong to no group.
