S.T. DUPONT Limited Edition Medici
The Italian Renaissance was one of the most important events in the development of Western civilization. It was during the Renaissance that architecture became an art, through spectacular buildings such as the Duomo of Florence. It is this architecture that inspired the design of the Medici Limited Edition. The Florence Duomo, also known as Santa […]
S.T. DUPONT Art & Technique
Art & Technique / Red and Black Limited Edition The influence of the Bauhaus on the applied arts, from architecture to design, via advertising, is universal. The Bauhaus, began as a German art school created in 1919 by the famous architect Walter Gropius. Bauhaus’s ambition was to make beauty and functionality available to everybody,within the […]
S.T. Dupont Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal Limited Edition The Taj Mahal, an Indian architectural masterpiece from the 17th century, pays homage to the eternal love between the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his queen Mumtaz Mahal. Legend has it that on her deathbed the queen asked her beloved emperor to build a monument whose perfect proportions would be the […]
S.T. DUPONT Limited Edition Versailles
Versailles Limited Edition / Collection An impressive group of writing instruments and lighters rendered in white lacquer with gold overlays and accents. The design motif represents Louis XIV, the Sun King, who initiated the creation of the Palace of Versailles, one of the most significant architectural masterworks in French history. S.T. Dupont pays tribute to […]
S.T. DUPONT Haute Creation / 75th Anniversary / Arc De Triomphe By Tournaire / Lighter Ultra Exclusive Version
ARC DE TRIOMPHE BY TOURNAIRE JEROBOAM LIGHTER -ULTRA EXCLUSIVE VERSION Jeroboam Lighter / Fashioned from yellow bronze with rhodium finishes 75 YEARS S.T.Dupont Paris signature Base Stand / Fashioned from white bronze with silver color patina REFERENCES PRODUCT NUMBERING 027262 Jeroboam Lighter with base X/8 ARC DE TRIOMPHE BY TOURNAIRE Inspiration The Arc de Triomphe […]
S.T. DUPONT Haute Creation / 75th Anniversary / Arc De Triomphe By Tournaire / Lighter Exclusive Version
ARC DE TRIOMPHE BY TOURNAIRELIGHTER – EXCLUSIVE VERSION REFERENCES PRODUCT TOURNAIRE SIGNATUREENGRAVED WITH NUMBERING 016272 Lighter – rhodium finishes XXX/288 016273 Lighter – yellow gold finishes XXX/288 016262 Lighter with base – rhodium finishes XX/88 016263 Lighter with base – yellow gold finishes XX/88 ARC DE TRIOMPHE BY TOURNAIRE Inspiration The Arc de Triomphe de […]
S.T. DUPONT Art Deco
At the end of the 1910’s, decorators sought to to break away from the sinuous curves of Art Nouveau. They found many new sources of inspiration; traditional and contemporary, European and exotic. Thus differing styles such as African art and Neo classicism provided the powerful momentum for a new decorative movement that saw the arabesques […]
S.T. DUPONT Maharajah
Once, the world’s values were different. Little things were considered even more important than big things. S.T. Dupont of Paris made just such things “nécessaires de voyage” – fitted travel cases for the very, very rich. Hand-tooled in the costliest leathers, they opened to reveal gold pillboxes, crystal scent bottles, ivory combs and brushes – […]
S.T. DUPONT Rendez-Vous
Rendez-vous, a meeting… a magical, thrilling word, full of promises. The sun has a rendez-vous with the moon, but the moon is not an early riser and the sun always sets too early… this reunion is impossible, yet so tempting… S.T. Dupont, pursuing its tribute to the force and mysteries of nature, has chosen to […]
S.T. DUPONT Teatro
The Harlequin’s coat, a harmless symbol that originated in the Comedia Dell Arte, suggests mystery, intrigue and happy endings. The curtains open to reveal two masks, one laughing, the other crying; comedy blended with tragedy – life itself. The collection in red and black Chinese lacquer pays homage to the world of theatre, a celebration […]
S.T. Dupont Nuevo Mundo
The New World…dreams of conquest and glory have inspired these words countless times. They evoke the unknown, the mystery of Inca legends, rites performed in the greatest secrecy and above all gold, the precious metal which, for the pre-Columbian Indians, absorbed the sun’s energy in order to communicate its beneficial effects to man. For them, […]
S.T. Dupont Picasso
At the beginning of the 1960s, Pablo Picasso chose three S.T Dupont lighters to use in his art. In the Chinese lacquer surfaces, he engraved a Harlequin on one lighter and a Pierrot figure on another, as gifts for his son and daughter-in-law. Today, these lighters are part of the personal collection of Mrs Ruiz […]