S. T. DUPONT - New York 5th Avenue - Limited...

S. T. DUPONT - New York 5th Avenue - Limited Edition 2007 - "Line 2" lighter in gold plated and taupe lacquer and chocolate with arabesque decoration N° 115 /1929 (in reference to the date of Lucien Tissot-Dupont's first trip to New York) - Note: Until the 1940s, Europe was an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the New World. It embodied the refinement and avant-garde of culture, architecture and fashion. During the 1930s and 1940s, the American aristocracy, that of power, money and taste, whose territory was the Upper East Side and 5th Avenue, called upon the greatest French designers - Jean-Michel Franck or Emilio Terry decorated the private apartments and offices of the elite of the New York gotha. Breaking with the pure lines of Art Deco, these artists created a sophisticated universe that combines 16th century Hispanic baroque, 18th century French classicism and the surrealism of the time. Interlacing, arabesques and symbolic motifs gave back to the ornament its letters of nobility. With the limited edition New York 5th Avenue, S.T. Dupont pays homage both to this unique New York and to its great designers, ambassadors of the French art of living. The Dupont brothers, as well as artists, architects and fashion designers, were among these ambassadors, so Lucien Tissot-Dupont was invited by Louis Cartier to sell his precious travel kits in his boutique on 5th Avenue... Inspired by the taste for ornamentation and baroque of this decorative trend, lighters and pens are adorned with golden grills. The arabesques are an allusion to Raymond Subes' ironwork and a nod to the globe worn by the statue of Atlas at the foot of the Rockefeller - Center. The colours of taupe and chocolate lacquer echo the apartments decorated by these interior designers, their muffled atmosphere and the sophistication that emanated from them. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.