Louis Vuitton, LV Monogrammed Steamer Trunk, c1910.
A RARE LOUIS VUITTON STEAMER TRUNK, CIRCA 1910.
The inner label with address 1. Rue Scribe Paris. Louis Vuitton worked from this address located across from The Grand Hotel until 1914. The famous Grand Hotel cost over 21 million gold francs to build and consequently attracted a high society cosmopolitan clientele. World travelers arriving by ship, car or train stayed at the Grand Hotel and often visited Louis Vuitton’s shop across the street.
A second label inside the trunk marks it as a special model exclusively made for John Wanamaker, New York, Philadelphia by Louis Vuitton, Paris.
The trunk also has its original brass handles stamped 1 Rue Scribe, PARIS, LOUIS VUITTON, LONDON, 149 New Bond Steet.
A RARE LOUIS VUITTON STEAMER TRUNK, CIRCA 1910.
The inner label with address 1. Rue Scribe Paris. Louis Vuitton worked from this address located across from The Grand Hotel until 1914. The famous Grand Hotel cost over 21 million gold francs to build and consequently attracted a high society cosmopolitan clientele. World travelers arriving by ship, car or train stayed at the Grand Hotel and often visited Louis Vuitton’s shop across the street.
A second label inside the trunk marks it as a special model exclusively made for John Wanamaker, New York, Philadelphia by Louis Vuitton, Paris.
The trunk also has its original brass handles stamped 1 Rue Scribe, PARIS, LOUIS VUITTON, LONDON, 149 New Bond Steet.
A RARE LOUIS VUITTON STEAMER TRUNK, CIRCA 1910.
The inner label with address 1. Rue Scribe Paris. Louis Vuitton worked from this address located across from The Grand Hotel until 1914. The famous Grand Hotel cost over 21 million gold francs to build and consequently attracted a high society cosmopolitan clientele. World travelers arriving by ship, car or train stayed at the Grand Hotel and often visited Louis Vuitton’s shop across the street.
A second label inside the trunk marks it as a special model exclusively made for John Wanamaker, New York, Philadelphia by Louis Vuitton, Paris.
The trunk also has its original brass handles stamped 1 Rue Scribe, PARIS, LOUIS VUITTON, LONDON, 149 New Bond Steet.