Louis Vuitton mail trunk with its beige striped canvas

History of the striped canvas

Did you know that striped canvases were inspired from the verticality of Deauville architecture? Going to take the waters in Deauville was very fashionable and there, the half-timbering is vertical.

The trunk makers of the time were inspired to create the striped canvases in the 1970s.

This trunk was manufactured by the French house Louis Vuitton.

It has steel handles and a beautiful engraved brass lock: "Louis Vuitton - Champs Elysées Paris - New bond Street London".

The canvas has been personalized, with stable bands, that is to say the green and beige diagonal bands on the sides. They were placed on the trunks to represent the colors of the family.

When the trunks arrived at the hotel, the stable bands made it possible to sort the trunks by family and then store them in the corresponding rooms.

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