A Louis Vuitton 'Courier' trunk, 1885-1890,

The Golden Age Of Motoring|4 November 2022, 13:00 GMT|London, New Bond Street

A Louis Vuitton 'Courier' trunk, 1885-1890,

striped beige and brown 'rayee' canvas exterior, with brass handles, locks and catches, brass reinforcements to riveted brown leather edging and wooden battens, roller wheels to underside, the lid opening to beige cloth-lined interior with paper label to rear surface numbered '12811', with maroon ribbon pinned lozenge pattern to inside of padded lid (some loss to ribbons) and believed Cyrillic script annotation to inside edge of lid, lacking interior lift-out tray, some wear and staining to interior, the exterior with some wear in places commensurate with age and with remains of painted Royal coronet emblem to each end and monogram initials 'M.A', measuring 100 x 51 x 49cm overall.

Footnotes

A 'Mail Trunk' of similar design is illustrated in Pierre Leonforte & Eric Pujalet-Plaa: 100 Legendary Trunks - Louis Vuitton; published 2010 Abrams NY, (see pages 159-164).

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