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          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?

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