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Au sein des locaux du musée des bagages  se  trouvera  un atelier

d'ébénisterie  complet (en cours de montage)

(Fabrication et  restauration des fûts de malles)

Pour les amateurs :

- Dégauchisseuse  - raboteuse

- Défonceuse  sous table

- Scie à format

- Aspirateur  de  sciure

- Scie  à  chantourner

- Tour à bois

Comptoir des malles et bagages...
Il y a qq années ,  notre confrère, Monsieur Philippe Anatole,  disparaissait.
Installé  à Meug sur Loire, il restaurait  passionnément  les malles de ses clients.
Nous ne l'avons pas connu, mais ses compétences étaient reconnues.
Sa compagne, que nous avons  rencontré  lors de la vente  du fond  de son atelier,  était admirative du travail  qu'il  réalisai
Quand  j'ai vu que  le nom  "Comptoir des malles et bagages" disparaissait  du  web,  je me suis dit  qu'un clin  d'oeil   à notre prédecesseur était possible.
Les ouvriers malletiers  signaient souvent, dans le fût, leurs pièces d'un monogram  rapide au crayon.
Je  suis certain  que Philippe  Anatole  devait  poursuivre la tradition, nous le faisons aussi.
Je gage  que,  dans 100  ans... nos successeurs seront  emus de savoir  que  nous avons  restauré,  pour que d'autres  puissent  le refaire  encore  et encore.

Et  voici et  voila  ..

Après  10  ans  de  patience,  nos  nouveaux  locaux  sont  acquis.

Nous déménagerons  courant  de l'année  2011,  dans des locaux de 400m2  de plain  pied.

60 m2  seront  réservés à  la partie gainage,

45 m2  à la  partie ébénisterie et sera  cloisonnée,

190 m2 à la zone exposition  et musée  qui seront cloisonnés  et  sécurisés.

A  l'intérieur, 2  containers  maritimes  serviront  de  coffre-fort  et  d'expo  aux  pièces les plus  rares.

Le reste  des locaux servira de stockage et d'atelier de restauration.


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Des dimensions de culturiste :  84  cm  x  136  cm  x  58 cm

Une malle géante  avec un potentiel  d'aménagement  absolument  unique..

Mais que  mettre à l'intérieur ?

Je vous invite  à  nous proposer  vos meilleures idées  ..

100malles

Un livre vient de sortir aux Éditions de la Martinière .

Ce livre vient en complement de l'exposition qui se tiendra

du 13 Octobre 2010 au 27 Fevrier 2011 au musee

Carnavalet a Paris .

Prix du livre : 100 euros en librairie .

Vous y découvrirez 100 malles de legende ..

La Video :

 

 

(Article  fait  sur le vif  , par un journaliste  des DNA ,  je  n'ai malheuresement pas son nom  pour citation , qu'il m'en excuse)

Les conteuses d'histoires

C'est au détour d'une ruelle haguenovienne proche d'une gare, un endroit comme prédestiné à faire résonner en eux l'univers du voyage, que Jean-Philippe et Marie Rolland ont accueilli samedi un public prêt à découvrir ou redécouvrir l'histoire des malles.

L'auditoire découvre un savoir-faire artisanal, guidé par  Jean-Philippe Rolland qui décrit la restauration d'anciennes pièces.  (Photo DNA)

Comme aime à le dire l'hôte de la journée, « on a tous une malle dans notre grenier ». Dans le hall d'accueil et la première partie de l'exposition, Jean-Philippe Rolland guide les visiteurs à travers l'histoire particulière de la malle de voyage, liée intimement au mode de voyage et à ses transformations, et, parallèlement, aux évolutions de la mode et des arts décoratifs.
C'est dans un plaisir communicatif que le public évolue, sans arrêt ou correspondance, au gré des anecdotes et du plaisir du couple à l'origine de « La Malle en coin », un projet qui vise à redonner vie aux malles de voyage anciennes, bercé par la richesse de la collection.

L'objet qui nous raconte une histoire

L'auditoire, emporté à travers deux cents ans d'histoire, se laisse guider au rythme d'un savoir-faire artisanal, que ce soit par les explications décrivant la restauration d'anciennes pièces ou l'aménagement de malles dans le but d'en faire des objets décoratifs.
Dans les « coulisses », les ateliers des époux Rolland, une multitude de compétences se côtoient, œuvrant dans une même logique : « Enlever un voile sur un objet » et « écouter l'objet qui nous raconte une histoire », détaille Marie Rolland. Au final, le public devient voyageur, et se surprend à fermer les yeux, sentir une odeur de thé chaud, ressentir les chocs du train l'entraînant vers sa destination.
Le prochain arrêt se fera à l'aérodrome de Haguenau, avec une installation prévue au printemps-été 2011. Dans un bâtiment de 400 m² où pourront s'agencer confortablement musée, ateliers et stages d'initiation de quatre jours, proposés gratuitement dans l'idée d'expérimenter les bases et les méthodes de restauration de malles de voyages.
Avec « La Malle en coin », Marie et Jean-Philippe Rolland racontent une histoire passionnée où se mêlent rêves, coïncidences, savoir-faire et plaisir de faire. Une histoire qui appartient à tous, lorsque dans un grenier l'on ouvre, sans savoir ce qu'elle va révéler, une malle poussiéreuse, et que l'on saute dedans à pieds joints.

«La Malle en coin», Marie et Jean-Philippe Rolland, Tél: 03 88 93 28 23. www.la-malle-en-coin.com

On nous demande souvent  et  on voit parfois des annonces  sur le Web  . " Malle de corsaire ", "malle de flibustier" !

Un petit  rappel  histoire  s'impose  :-)

Dans la seconde partie de l'article, vous pourrez voir  que, pour la majorité des " loups"  de mer,  la période phare est la fin du 17ème siècle.

A cette époque, on use de coffres en bois simple ou de coffres  en métal  .

Vous  ne trouverez donc pas, à proprement parler, de  "malles de pirates".

- Un coffre est un mobilier doté de poignées,  fait pour être déplacé, transporté à l'occasion d'un déménagement .

- Une malle est un mobilier fait pour voyager (le plus souvent étanchéifié, renforcé par des lattes de renfort et de la bijouterie)  et  l'age d'or des malles remonte au début  du 19ème.

Ainsi , je pourrais, avec plaisir,  vous restaurer,  même gratuitement,  un coffre de pirate  du 17ème siècle. Par  contre, je ne pourrais pas en vendre, en effet, nous n'avons trouvé  que 1 coffre de 1640  en 10  ans .

 


Quand Louis Vuitton, la première marque de luxe au monde, a envisagé de poser ses valises dans l'Allier, le pays saint-pourcinois et ses 5.000 habitants ont retenu leur souffle, conscients de la formidable opportunité qui s'ouvrait à eux. C'était en 1988, peu de temps après la fermeture de l'usine de chaussures Bally qui laissait sur le carreau tout un personnel féminin sans aucune perspective d'avenir.

Vingt ans plus tard, toutes, ou presque, ont pu rester au pays grâce à l'ouverture en 1990 du premier atelier Louis Vuitton. « Louis Vuitton a pris le relais du secteur de la confection sérieusement sinistré à la fin des années 80, rappelle Alexandre Bessard, l'ancien directeur du Comité d'expansion économique. La main-d'oeuvre féminine qualifiée du département a trouvé une sécurité de l'emploi ». Sur les 650 personnes employées dans les ateliers Louis Vuitton à Saint-Pourçain, 70 % sont des femmes, la majorité titulaire de contrats à durée indéterminée.

« Au moment de choisir son implantation, Louis Vuitton a travaillé avec les élus de Saint-Pourçain, comme avec ses cadres, se souvient le maire, Bernard Coulon. Leurs dirigeants exigeaient une réponse le soir même à la question qu'ils avaient soulevée le matin ». Depuis le pays saint-pourcinois traite le moindre projet économique avec la même philosophie. Avec le succès que l'on sait et qui fait aujourd'hui de ces « terres du milieu », le quatrième bassin économique de l'Allier.

Parce que le marché du luxe se porte toujours bien malgré la crise, Louis Vuitton n'exclut pas de continuer à se développer à Saint-Pourçain. Un quatrième atelier serait même dans les valises. Ce que de son côté le leader mondial de la maroquinerie de luxe se refuse, pour l'instant, à confirmer. Il faut dire que dès l'annonce de la construction du second atelier Vuitton en 1995, Louis Vuitton avait reçu plus de? 3.000 lettres de candidatures en l'espace d'un mois.

 

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Une malle ancienne  dans le grenier,  mais  celle-ci  est  totalement abimée ?

Bien évidemment, on  peut restaurer  dans les règles de l'art... C'est à dire ôter le revêtement d'origine (toile enduite, cuir, toile sèche..), démonter la malle totalement et remplacer le revêtement.

On peut aussi faire  de la "déco"  (à condition que votre malle n'ait pas une valeur trop importante)

Pour cette pièce,  nous avons démonté  :

- Les équerres et remplacé celles-ci  par d'autres équerres plus esthétiques et complètes

- Remplacé les lattes cassées par des neuves qui ont été cérusées et teintées

- Reparé les serrures

- Gainé la malle d'une bande dessinée  TINTIN  AU CONGO

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Le  Numero  D'Avril  du magazine ALADIN  , consacre  6  pages  aux malles de voyages .

Les modeles
L'histoire 
Les  acteurs  francais
Les Marques
Trucs  et Astuces
Etc ..

En  Surfant  comme à notre habitude, nous avons découvert un site en devenir  très bien documenté.

Avec l'autorisation de son auteur (Florent Martin, lien dans nos favoris), nous vous livrons un  article particulièrement intéressant.


La poste aux lettres sous Henri IV

Même si moyennent finance, il était autorisé de transporter du courrier de particulier, les chevaucheurs du roi, vont développer de plus en plus ce service, sans contrôle et hors légalité. De plus la France était loin derrière l'organisation postale déployée en Allemagne qui s'appuyait sur la dynastie des Tours et Tassis. Henri IV, qui était conscient de ce disfonctionnement, demanda à Fouquet de la Varenne, un homme de confiance, écuyer de sa sœur Catherine, d'organiser un service prenant en compte les besoins des particuliers.
En 1603, Henri IV va régulariser officiellement le transport du courrier des particuliers par les courriers du roi, la "poste aux lettres" et plus largement le service public était né! Il faudra cependant noter que ce service était destiné aux pouvoirs politiques et économiques et plus aléatoirement aux particuliers.


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L'histoire est assez rocambolesque pour servir de base
à l'intrigue d'un roman.
 Elle a été révélée le mois dernier par le Daily
Telegraph, et depuis,
 elle trouve un écho croissant dans la presse anglaise
. Imaginez une
malle appartenant à une célébrité du monde
 de la littérature policière
 - la grande Agatha Christie elle-même,
cela ne s'invente pas




C'est  extrèmement rare  que Goyard  laisse pénétrer  une caméra  dans ce lieu  privilégié.
Ici, une visite  de la nouvelle boutique en face de la boutique historique du 233  rue St Honoré.

Le  vidéo de l'événement  :


Voila une des rares malles que  nous ne pourrions pas acquérir :-) 
En effet, cela reste une pièce  difficile à exposer. Historiquement, elle  montre l'absence 
de luxe  de cette époque difficile.
Cette valise de toilette  - Kit de premier secours ressemble, dans ses finitions, à celle que j'ai
trouvé  ayant appartenu à des officiers  américains  ou français de  l'armée de l'air.
La valise a été  certifiée conforme  en 1968  par Anny Winter, la secrétaire
de AH  et  Eva  Braun.
Mise  à prix  5000  euros  ..
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né en 1916, décédé en 1992, fut Radio Navigateur dans les Maraudeurs B26 bombardiers du Groupe .... MAROC
1942 : l'homme  sur la photo  quitte  la France 
avec une valise. 
Engagé  dans les Forces  Françaises  aux Etats -Unis
 , il fait  la guerre  dans les bombardiers 
1945 : il est  en Allemagne , puis au gré  des
affectations en Algerie, en  Tunisie, au Maroc ...

Les années passent...

1976  :  J'ai  dix  ans  et  je trouve, par  hasard, 
dans le grenier,  une malle plate  en bois.
Elle est  petite, en toile grise,  sans rien inscrit
dessus.
A  l'intérieur  des carnets de vol  (avec, écrit en
encre rouge, les  heures de mission de guerre),
les gants  en cuir de la photo, des  insignes, 
les fiches militaires de carrière avec leurs dates,
les grades...
Je ne savais pas grand chose  de cette période
 et  de l'engagement  de cet homme.
Citations, médailles, chevalier et  officier de
la légion d'honneur étaient cachés, enveloppés 
dans des papiers  d'origine...

1992, Léon  décède. J'ai "hérité" du contenu
 mais je ne sais pas  ce qu'est  advenue de
cette malle...




Elle est  devenue  la malle étalon, notre
 madeleine de Proust.  Celle qu'on idéalise,
Celle  qui  justifie  les efforts  pour  remettre
en état  celle des autres,
Celle qui permet, à chaque ouverture,
 de retrouver  l'instant  d'émerveillement
 de l'enfant découvrant  les trésors cachés.







mariah_carey_12.jpgLe  titre est  provocant  mais bien évidemment
fallacieux  ...
Nous avons les malles .. si vous souhaitez faire la même photo :-) 



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Crédit photos et malles : www.reve-de-bagages.fr
 

Une malle-lit  Louis Vuitton  est une pièce  vraiment très peu courante... Mais,  dans cet état et complète, ca tient de l'exploit !

Dans une simple malle,  les pièces se montent comme un puzzle.



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Cette  drôle de  malle est en ôole...
Sa  poignée  métal  permet de la transporter...  une étiquette  laiton  "  LELOCEATS    A LOUE  "
Une fois n'est pas coutume, nous lançons  un appel à vos archives ! 
50  euros de bons  d'achats à celui ou  celle qui  nous dira, document à l'appui, à quoi  sert  cette malle ?



Ce  petit  post sur le blog  pour expliciter  un point  important  ..

Je reçois  parfois des demandes d'internautes  me  demandant  une malle en chène  ou une malle en noyer  ..
Une malle  en  chène,  ca  n'existe pas  ...    Comment  ça ?   
Explications   : 



Nos  visiteurs  sont parfois  étonnants : 

Le mois  dernier, je  recois  un monsieur ..
celui-ci est venu nous rendre visite, sur le conseil  d'un ami... comme quoi, le bouche à oreille...

Dans une petite rue aux maisons  accolées, une grange à la porte  en chêne décoloré  par le temps...
Une clé rouillée...  2  tours, la porte  s'ouvre...
Sous une bâche de camion  trône une malle  poussiéreuse...
On soulève  et hop... une poignée... un coin puis deux  ...
C'est une Vuitton  ... examinons-la ..


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Un N°  spécial, un "tiré à part"  dirait-on de nos jours en imprimerie,  est publié par  la manufacture de St-Etienne Manufrance.
Ce petit fascicule, que j'ai trouvé  un jour en vente aux enchères, détaille sur  30  pages  un extrait  du catalogue  dédié  aux voyages  et explorations ..
On y trouve  bien évidemment des malles de toutes sortes  avec leur prix d'époque  ..
Une malle bombée coute  ainsi  de  16 à 80  fr  de l'époque, soit de  3 à 15  jours de travail  pour un ouvrier de l'époque  ..
Une malle à 6 chapeaux : 40 fr  

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 les coffres sont en fer. C'est le cas de celui-ci.
Il date  du  17ème  siècle... Le moyen age  est déjà passé... Louis  XIV  (5 septembre 1638 – 1er septembre 1715) 
règne sur la France  depuis la  mort de Mazarin en 1661.


La semaine  dernière, un client  me posait  une question  très originale et intéressante :
A propos de la malle XXX,  j'aurais voulu connaître sa "solidité", à savoir son épaisseur (je pose cette question, car la semaine dernière, sur un salon de brocante, il y avait un stand avec quelques malles et j'ai été surpris de la "finesse" de certaines).

In the present video, we provide illustrated comments on the restoration

of this beautiful Goyard trunk, chevron canvas, leather borders, brass handles

 

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- We changed a broken slat (in beech) which was on the top of the trunk

- We replaced the broken brackets with brackets recovered from an old Goyard trunk bought for pieces

- We repaired the circumference of the trunk

- We also repaired the leather angles (protections of the angles)

- Once the repairs of parts carried out, we were then able to clean and repair the canvas, and repaint some very damaged areas,

- Then, the brass parts were cleaned, then polished,

- The leather loops have been changed, to allow a strap to pass, if the next owner wishes :-)

- For the interior of the trunk, we put in place a new fabric then a crosspiece in the cover, with recovery of the original label.

 

 

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Louis Vuitton produced this type of canvas with red stripes from 1872 to 1876.

Restoring this well-damaged item was an interesting challenge.

 

Since we know Danièle Vuitton and her husband Philippe, we have often had the opportunity to talk about the history of the Vuitton family.
Biographies have been published on Louis Vuitton? of course. They mix the family history and the history of the world-famous company.


Georges, the successor, and Gaston-Louis Vuitton, so well-known for his collections, are also often spoken of.
But Henry-Louis Vuitton is very seldom mentioned. Who could tell us about him better than his own daughter!

Thank you again, Danièle, for taking the time to receive us and to confide us the personal documents and memories presented below.
Henry-Louis Vuitton through the eyes of his daughter Daniele Masson-Vuitton


HENRY-LOUIS 1911-2002

With my words and memories, I will try to tell you about my Dad.
Henry was born on 10 august 1911, in a sweltering heat. He was Renée and Gaston-L’s first boy but not the first child, since his elder sister Andrée was 4, and not the last one since three girls and two boys were to be born after him!

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Birth announcement for Henry-Louis


The cradle of the family is in Asnières: the factory, the house of his grandparents Georges and Joséphine, and the house of Gaston and Renée, with a jointly-shared large garden.
Henry will live there until he gets married in 1935.
He studied at Cours Saint Louis in Paris, in the 8th district (so did I…) but in 1928, when he was 17, Gaston and Georges decided that he should join the factory as an apprentice. He went through all the manufacturing steps of a piece of stiff luggage, he learned from A to Z how to make a suitcase or a trunk.

 


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Henry-Louis and Georges-L Vuitton

Henry a 12 ans avec sa chienne StellaHenry, aged 12, with his female dog Stella


Georges found him particularly diligent and decided to  reward him… Georges needed to go to the USA and Canada on a study trip. Georges was 71 and Henry 19 in 1929 when they both boarded in Le Havre for New York, on the liner France! Daddy would often tell us about this trip with his beloved grandfather, they were very close! Georges was a visionary, he was already thinking about export.

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Georges Vuitton with a Flower trunk


Once back, Georges worked at the factory where he was in charge of manufacturing and all the special orders for people with high places. As for Gaston-L, he was working in the shop at 70 avenue des Champs Elysées, and Henry worked by his side as a Sales Manager until 1945. On the first floor of the shop, Renée ran a luxurious toys lounge (about which I will tell more later).

 

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Henry-Louis Vuitton’s visiting cards before his wedding, and his photo at that time

The Vuitton’s building, at 70 avenue des Champs Elysées, is Georges’ work, a splendid classified façade. Peculiarity on the façade, level with the pavement, there is a “dogs’ bar”, a kind of stoup with water for thirsty dogs!!! Georges actually thought of everything…

In 1931 and 1932, Henry-L served his military term in the 13th Regiment of Dragons (15.02.31 – 15.10.32).

Another anecdote I’ve always heard at home: in 1934, a “great lady” came to the shop and asked for Monsieur Vuitton. It was Henry she was going to meet!
She wanted to place a very important order for white crocodile stiff luggage… Henry proved to Gaston that he was equal to the task. Proud of his grand-son, Georges sent him alone to Great Britain, to choose and negotiate 60 crocodile skins…
In 1935, Daddy got married with Josette Rateau and they lived at 70 Champs Elysées, in the Vuitton’s building with the shop on the avenue and, on the eighth and last floor, in the attic, La Soupente. From this union, were born three children: Colette in 1936, Philippe Louis in 1937 (who sadly died in January 1947) and Danièle in 1943.

 

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Wedding announcement

Alas Georges died in 1936, he was almost 80 years old… and Henry lost his respected beloved grandfather, a sensitive gentle kind man whom everybody appreciated; that is how Daddy always told us about him.
Daddy was 32 when I was born in La Soupente.

From 1939 to 1945, Henry-L was volunteer during the war: 51st GRDI mounted squadron on 3 September 1939 then volunteer in BSM 407 28 August 1944.
Volunteer 22nd security regiment until 15 January 1945, with the rank of captain.

In 1945, Gaston-L appointed him Business Manager of the shop. Daddy was working a lot, I have never seen him on holiday… Sometimes in September he joined us for a hunting week-end in Sologne, in a family property where I was on holiday since school was starting in the beginning of October.
In the fifties, the Champs Elysées atmosphere changed, it was no longer the avenue of luxury but of tourism… Then Gaston-L looked for a new prestigious address.

In 1954 they moved from the Champs Elysées to 78a avenue Marceau, a more elegant address for customers who no longer liked the atmosphere of the Champs Elysees.
Daddy allowed me to take part in the move! And at only 11, I threaded my way among the removal boxes and in the lorries! That is when I noticed that Henry was called, by all the employees from the shop as well as from the factory, and by the suppliers too, Monsieur Henry! What a funny name!!!
Henry-L was happy in this new spacious, bright and modern shop where he set up his "open" office to watch and listen! It was a huge round place topped with a glass roof. As for Gaston-L, his office was in the entrance, further back, and would become Henry’s one later in the 1965s.

 

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Gaston Vuitton


Renée set up on the first floor her electric train sets, her tin soldiers, her extraordinary toys and her oversized soft toys… She had a very little desk next to the stairway to enable her to see since she could not hear… a very little wooden desk that had been manufactured in the Asnières factory and that I have kept! Indeed, Renée was deaf since the death of her youngest daughter at the age of 4 in 1929… and Gaston-L thought she would be less melancholy by offering her a way of escaping.

Renee le jour de ses noces de diamants
What a windfall was this lounge for me, a paradise for the eyes of good children… Everything made me dream (the tin soldiers excepted), the dolls, the soft toys and especially a grocer’s shop! With all its little drawers and its samples, I could play shop!!! It was white with red drawers!

The year 1959 was a turning point for Henry-L. Up to then Louis Vuitton manufactured stiff luggage with the famous LV canvas, or leather soft luggage. But it was impossible to make soft luggage with the LV canvas. Soft-sided luggage, like the Speedy, the Keepall or the Noé, could only be made out of brown canvas. A new process was developed and gave birth to the LV soft canvas… Henry-L then suggested to Gaston that the production should be expanded to travel bags, handbags and small leather goods. Gaston-L gave his consent.
It was from that year on that Henry-L became a creator. He spent all his time drawing, designing prototypes, making mock-ups; he created 25 to 30 new models a year! Cult models like the Speedy and Keepall, the handbags and the small leather goods collection were born at that time.
He created some bags that still exist today: The Biface, the Besace, the Chantilly, the Papillon, a men’s bag with two pockets (the first unit of which I have). He also created small leather items (wallets, purses, briefcases, passport holders, paper holders, etc.)

I could see Daddy happy, because Gaston had always considered him as an apprentice who had never progressed whilst Gaston was now regarding him as a man (it was high time, for Daddy was going to be 50 years old…).
Daddy also created slogans! Indeed, for Louis Vuitton he registered the slogan: “Voguez Volez Voyagez avec des bagages Vuitton” (sail, fly, travel with Vuitton luggage).
For the Trade Association of Luggage makers which he was to chair from 1963 to 1977, he invented: “Vos bagages vous classent” (your luggage shows your rank) and “Pensant cadeau, pensant voyage, pensez baggage” (when you think gift, when you think travel, think luggage).

Years were going by and the brand Louis Vuitton was developing at the speed of a galloping horse. It was no longer only the image of custom-made trunks for people with high places or celebrities, but an accessible luxury brand.
Daddy carried on as Business Manager up to 1977. Hence, he worked almost 50 years in the company. That was when he handed over the reins to his brother-in-law Henry Racamier who, by developing a network of shops in his own name in France and abroad, gave an international recognition to the brand.
Daddy will go and work in his avenue Marceau office until around 1990. I used to go and see him in that office that had been Gaston’s one previously. A very impressive office, with bronze busts of Georges and Gaston, walls covered with front parts of very old trunks, studded ones for instance; it made a real difference from the office situated in the shop amongst the sales women!

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Henry Louis Vuitton and Odile Racamier 

The time came when the shops abroad sprouted up like mushrooms, this was in the 1977s. Daddy and Mummy were going to be the brand ambassadors for each opening ceremony; the first one in Tokyo (1978), then New York (1981), Madrid, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Geneva, London, Berlin, Munich, Monaco or Roma, …

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invitation Henry et racamier LV madrid

I witnessed then Mummy’s outfits choice, I also remember Daddy with his white or black dinner jackets! They were gorgeous, an elegant, very elegant couple. Afterwards I really enjoyed watching the foreign papers cuttings, the official photos… I was so happy for them. They were to keep a liking for small group organised private trips which would take them to little-known places.

Some higgledy-piggledy memories!

In the 1967s emerged the epi leather with its first range of colours. One evening, Daddy came back home with the first samples of this brand-new thing: bright blue, red, bright yellow and lawn green… I was allowed for Christmas to choose a colour for a Speedy!

“YES Daddy, a green one!!!” It was so garish that I’ve never used it…

On 24 February 1961? The inauguration of Orly air terminal. Mummy was unwell! What could we do? Daddy told me “How about coming with me?” Oops, I put on my nicest dress to go with Daddy, “my Daddy”. An evening where I came across personalities from the political, business, media worlds, from show-biz, it was magical for, each time we met somebody, Daddy would say “Let me introduce my daughter”.

On 27 November 1977? Maiden flight Paris - New York in 3h30. Louis Vuitton had manufactured a briefcase engraved “CONCORDE” in golden letters, and Daddy and Mummy were invited on board! Daddy was so enthusiastic about the journey that he would offer his son-in-law (my husband) a one-way ticket to New York aboard the Concorde.

Lastly the 1990s saw the arrival of Bernard Arnault! Sad years when Daddy will have to leave his office in two days… Our family had lost the battle…

An iconic brand remains and what a beautiful brand, but Daddy saw a family, HIS family die out.

I have brought back to life some memories of Monsieur Henry’s life, but fortunately Daddy had a family life and I am glad to share with you some more personal memories.

Daddy was affectionate to me, the littlest one. I had the right to snuggle on his lap when he came back up from the shop to the Soupente. But I did not share summer holidays with my parents and that is a part of my childhood I regret. I would spend a month with one grand-mother at the seaside, then I would stay in the family property in Sologne, where my parents only came for weekends.

Schoolgirl, student, graduate and then working, I was still living in La Soupente … till I was 25! On 6 July 1968 I was leaving La Soupente in my wedding dress, with Daddy, to go to the church. I think he was even more moved than I was…

 

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Danièle with her father on her wedding day

Every weekend, Daddy and Mummy would leave for vallée de Chevreuse where we joined them. There, it was the reign of Papou and Mita and their seven grand-children. Each of them collected something: frogs, monkeys, pigs, ducks, tortoises, cows, etc. and Daddy, not knowing how to please them, would comb through all the junk shops with me, looking for the treasure… During his trips, he had hardly arrived in a country when he was seeking again! The more he found, the more pleased he was; and the return, with the distribution, was a magical time. Mummy preferred museums.

As grand-parents, they were great! For the 10th anniversary of each of their seven grand-children, they would take him on a trip! What a nice idea for building a unique relationship. And the year the youngest was 12 years old, the nine of them (taking us was out of question) left aboard the Mermoz for cruising the Spitsbergen…

In 1999, Daddy and Mummy became great-grandparents twice, and in 2001 as well. What a love shared with all of them. They were entitled cuddles on their laps as well; Daddy told stories and sung old melodies… How he made us laugh with his tunes: Une demoiselle sur une balançoire, Mademoiselle Angèle qui frappe au numéro un, etc.. His great-grand-sons were mesmerized, looked at him and burst out laughing!

Since we were sharing their house called “Carioca” (title of a song born while they were engaged), my children, on Sunday mornings, used to go and drink their feeding bottles in his bed! What a tender image… Every Saturday morning at 10 sharp (very sharp, Daddy had a clock in him), he and I would go to the market, a moment for us both, for sharing our little secrets.

In the garden of Carioca, had pride of place “Papou’s house”, a small log cabin that he used as a workshop. He regained his soul of a creator: he built bird houses, made key-rings or other trinkets, mended the shopping baskets handles! And all this with leather scraps. Nothing was missing in Papou’s house! A hundred or so small drawers for screws, nuts, nails, rivets, etc. with one sample stuck on the front of the drawer.

I was 59 when my Daddy died, my “Papou” … I knew he would depart but what an ordeal… He let himself depart in the end of summer 2002, he was 91, on tiptoe, with discretion and dignity as he had lived his entire life …

 

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The Louis Vuitton brand has survived over the years, has strengthened and has become today leader in the luxury luggage market. Today, we are dedicating a heading to its artistic
directors who have revamped the brand’s image and have established it as an inevitable brand in the fashion field.

         

         The Louis Vuitton brand has survived over the years, has strengthened and has become today leader in the luxury luggage market. Today, we are dedicating a heading to its leaders who, thanks to their genius, have been able to transform and adapt the brand to the zeitgeist.

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ALL  Total Louis Vuitton catalogue 1914

Each  word and size  are  exact, in centimeters

Discover the world's most fascinating cities and the Louis Vuitton City Guide mobile app.

 

          The wardrobe is often the one that surprises most those who discover the universe of trunks. Imposing in their size and ingenuity, the wardrobe has several standards but can also, once opened, reveal some surprises. Find in this folder the history of Louis Vuitton Wardrobe trunks.

         

          Today we will tackle a subject as vast as fascinating: The arrival of trunks-mail at Louis Vuitton. What is a mail trunk and what does it look like? We will try to answer these questions in our dedicated file.

          After the Lily Pons trunk, we introduce you the Stokowski office trunk, originally designed for the British conductor Leopold Stokowski.

         The trunk Lily Pons is a shoe secretary named after singer Lily Pons. How inspired this mythical trunk?

 

          During an era where the paperback books did not exist, transporting one's books as a bibliophile or writer was a complicated step. Gaston-Louis Vuitton, a lover of literature, decided to take charge of this problem in order to allow everyone to carry their books during their trip, or conversely, to bring back rare editions from the other side of the world.

          What is a hat trunk? Why was it created? What does it look like? You will find the answers to all these questions in our new dedicated video!

We do not often have the opportunity to discover such an object ..
This trunk has been entrusted to us for sale by a contact abroad.
We were responsible for selling it.
It's done .. Without having been published on our site, nor anywhere, the transaction was done in the utmost discretion.
It is the most expensive trunk Louis Vuitton ever sold to our knowledge, exceeding all the amounts ever reached in the auction room.

This trunk is a classic wardrobe in its design but entirely covered with brass.
We had already seen an identical copy
It is intended for trips to tropical countries.

LOUIS VUITTON TRUNKS

See examples in sale : Malle Louis Vuitton

To know how much is the value, read the article on the blog  :  " combien pour ma Vuitton dans la vitrine "

 
There is several hundreds of different types of trunk
Here we present you standard range, and then, special range of Louis Vuitton's trunks
 
Important :  ALL presented trunks here have been restored in our workshop.
We only publish our work.

Courrier trunk

Courrier trunk can be in grey canvas, braun or red stripped, yellow or dark damier canvas. 
Monogrammed wooven canvas, stenciled or printed, in natural leather or in Vuittonite colors.

The classical courrier trunk exists from 70  to 110 cm 
Nowadays, in new catalog, Vuitton have them from 90 cm to 110 cm.
It exists for men, High about 50 cm) and for women (high about 65 cm) 
The finishes can be metal borders, lozin or leather
 
 
 

Malle Vuitton damier femerCourrier Louis Vuitton trunk 

malle courrier tisse Courrier trunk with wooven canvas

   
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Malle LV 1930  natural leather

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LV courrier trunk in orange Vuittonite
 
 
 
 

 


malle LV rayee rougeWooven canvas - courrier trunk

 

We are often asked in reference .. the price of new trunks is how much for this piece louis Vuitton nowadays?

During this restoration, we had to deal with a trunk Louis Vuitton that had the following defects:

 

          Here are five secrets about Louis Vuitton trunks that will make you appreciate even more their quality!

The trunk below was brought to us by a customer who wanted to save it

The trunk is almost destroyed :

- All slats are stitched

- The metal is totally rusty

- The canvas is decolated, torn, faded

- Part of the bottom slats are destroyed

- The jewelry is oxidized

It's a trunk we would not have restored in our resale business, but it was a pleasure to bring it back to life.

The customer's sympathy made us break the rule that we set ourselves not to restore more than 30%

 

Louis Vuitton trunk in its original condition State statement N ° 4

State statement before restoration

This monogrammed hat trunk has a stencil monogram, it is lozine
It has the advantage of having its original lock and having a complete canvas

State statement before restoration

This trunk Louis Vuitton has suffered the ravages of time. It could have even ended its days in a garbage dump
This is a pretty serious case. It seemed interesting to us to restore it.
It is a perfect trunk for a decoration. Originally, it was sold in the 3rd series, ie
in "entry-level" of the time. (see Louis Vuitton catalog 1914)

 

Louis Vuitton trunk in its original state

State before restoration

In the photos below, we will see, from the beginning, that the trunk is in beautiful original condition

  1. The trunk has all of its original jewelery
  2. The leathers are beautiful, except for a tear of 8 cm and a hole of 15mm diameter
  3. The canvas is not damaged, except on a rear area of 4 cm by 8 cm, located at the back, at the bottom of the trunk.
  4. The interior is the only real problem, since the trunk has been fitted with interior slats, not original and its interior repainted

Louis Vuitton trunk in its original state

State statement before restoration

This trunk has a stencil monogram
It is in good original condition, it is simply dirty and has some glue burning defects
The lozine has slightly blistered in some places, due to heat at some point in the life of the trunk.
The original interior is in perfect condition, odorless, so it will not be necessary to intervene.
- The trunk has its original jewelery
The interior is in good condition, odorless
- Lozine and canvas are complete
Dirt is visible and the trunk is faded

Today La Malle en Coin offers you a top 10 of ideas that will show you how to use your vintage trunk as a wonderful furniture in your house ! Present by Marie Rolland

Today la malle en coin offers an explanatory video on the concepts of expertise and certificates of authenticity. What is an expertise ? What is a certificat of authenticity and its value ? Watch our video to learn more !

 

 

Purchasing a trunk is a real investment.

You do not actually spend 200 euros at a flea market but 2K, 5K, 10K, 25K euros… this is a lot of money, it does require a lot of attention.

On the occasion of the exhibition "Making the Difference: Vermeer and Dutch Art" at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo
, the dairy will travel from Amsterdam to Japan protected in a custom trunk
by Louis Vuitton. This special order would have required a hundred hours of work.

          On the occasion of the Heritage Days on September 15th and 16th, 2018, La Malle En Coin visited the Luggage Museum in Haguenau.
Come watch the video made especially for this occasion and enjoy it for a virtual tour.

For the first time, Supreme and Louis Vuitton collaborated on a capsule collection of ready-to-wear, leather goods, accessories and jewelry Fall-Winter 2017.

The building of the Louis Vuitton Foundation (previously Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation, in French "Fondation Louis-Vuitton pour la création"), started in 2006, is an art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries. It is run as a legally separate, nonprofit entity as part of LVMH's promotion of art and culture.[1]

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