Talbot-Lago T 15 LB Convertible - 1950
Coachwork by Saoutchik
This Talbot Lago was built by Iakov Saoutchik, one of France’s most extravagant coachbuilders in the first half of the 20th century. He was known not only for his high quality workmanship, but above all for his flamboyant design, which made extensive and tasteful use of ornaments.
Lakov Saoutchik was the son of a Russian-Ukrainian family. He landed in Paris in the late 19th century to try his luck. As a young man he was apprenticed to cabinetmakers, but very soon Iakov, who henceforth referred to himself as Jacques, built up extra earnings by carrying out jobs for various coachbuilders.
In 1906, the young, ambitious man started his own business in Neuilly-sûr-Seine, at the time an industrial appendage of Paris. By the mid-1920s, he was already very highly regarded as the ‘crème de la crème’ among coachbuilders. One of his most famous selling points was that a single person should be able to open or close the roof of a convertible.
Saoutchik enjoyed world fame and attracted quite a few customers of royal blood. He covered the priciest, expensive chassis of all expensive car brands with beautiful bodies.
Expo : Mahy, a family of cars - The Barnfind Collection
07/07/2023 - 03/09/2029
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
August 2023
Talbot-Lago T 15 LB Convertible - 1950
Coachwork by Saoutchik
This Talbot Lago was built by Iakov Saoutchik, one of France’s most extravagant coachbuilders in the first half of the 20th century. He was known not only for his high quality workmanship, but above all for his flamboyant design, which made extensive and tasteful use of ornaments.
Lakov Saoutchik was the son of a Russian-Ukrainian family. He landed in Paris in the late 19th century to try his luck. As a young man he was apprenticed to cabinetmakers, but very soon Iakov, who henceforth referred to himself as Jacques, built up extra earnings by carrying out jobs for various coachbuilders.
In 1906, the young, ambitious man started his own business in Neuilly-sûr-Seine, at the time an industrial appendage of Paris. By the mid-1920s, he was already very highly regarded as the ‘crème de la crème’ among coachbuilders. One of his most famous selling points was that a single person should be able to open or close the roof of a convertible.
Saoutchik enjoyed world fame and attracted quite a few customers of royal blood. He covered the priciest, expensive chassis of all expensive car brands with beautiful bodies.
Expo : Mahy, a family of cars - The Barnfind Collection
07/07/2023 - 03/09/2029
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
August 2023