Louis Vuitton Damier Ebene Shoe Trunk, Louis Vuitton Shoe Case, Vuitton Trunk
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This trunk was a special order made in 2000's. It features checkers canvas, or damier ébène and stamped LV solid brass locks, corners and studs. On the top is the leather handle, Lou...
Brass
Early 20th Century Louis Vuitton Monogram Twelve Shoe Case
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Chicago, IL
This Louis Vuitton shoe case, dating from 1910 to 1930, exemplifies the brand's innovative craftsmanship.
Brass
Set of Three Early 20th Century Louis Vuitton Luggage
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Chicago, IL
The Louis Vuitton shoe case exemplifies sophisticated organization, featuring an original lift-out tray with six felt-lined compartments above an additional six, allowing for the met...
Brass
LOUIS VUITTON Upper Case flat black lambskin gold LV bar flat loafers EU36.5
By Louis Vuitton, Nicolas Ghesquière
Located in Hong Kong, NT
LOUIS VUITTON Upper Case flat black lambskin gold LV bar flat loafers EU36.5 Reference: TGAS/G00099 Brand: Louis Vuitton Designer: Nicolas Ghesquiere Collection: Upper Case flat Mate...
LOUIS VUITTON cream fabric LV monogram travel shoe horn
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Hong Kong, NT
LOUIS VUITTON cream fabric LV monogram travel shoe horn Reference: CNLE/A00351 Brand: Louis Vuitton Material: Leather, Fabric Color: Beige, Tan Brown Pattern: Monogram Extra Details:...
Louis Vuitton Shoe Trunk, circa 1940
Located in Aspen, CO
Louis Vuitton, 70, Champs-Elysees Paris. This original Louis Vuitton shoe trunk was made in L.V. Monogramme fabric with original brass hardware and leather trim. The trunk opens to t...
Brass
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H 24.02 in W 20.48 in D 8.08 in
Louis Vuitton Monogramm Shoe Trunk, Louis Vuitton Shoe Case, Louis Vuitton Trunk
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This trunk was a special order made in 1980s. It features monogram canvas, stamped LV solid brass locks, corners and studs. On the top is the leather handle, Louis Vuitton embossed. ...
Brass
Louis Vuitton Gemine Travel Shoe Case
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Port Hope, ON
This beautifully kept Gemine Louis Vuitton eight pair shoe case trunk in iconic monogram canvas.
Rare Louis Vuitton Leather Shoe Case, circa 1910
By Louis Vuitton
Located in London, GB
A rare leather Louis Vuitton case made specifically to carry shoes/boots.
Brass
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H 10.04 in W 12.01 in D 5.91 in
Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Excursion Shoe Case Travel Bag M41450
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Rome, Rome
Step into a piece of early 2000s Parisian travel history with the Louis Vuitton Excursion. Originally designed as a sophisticated shoe case for the stylish traveler, this medium-size...
Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Excursion Travel Bag Shoe Case M41450
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Rome, Rome
Louis Vuitton 'Excursion' shoe bag crafted in timeless monogram canvas with genuine leather trim and handles. Wrap around zipper closure. Beige washable lining with 1 side open pocke...
Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Excursion Travel Bag Shoe Case M41450
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Rome, Rome
Once reserved for the jet-set elite, the Louis Vuitton Excursion shoe bag now offers a glimpse into a golden age of travel - when elegance accompanied every journey. This particular ...
Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Excursion Travel Bag Shoe Case M41450
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Rome, Rome
Once reserved for the jet-set elite, the Louis Vuitton Excursion shoe bag now offers a glimpse into a golden age of travel - when elegance accompanied every journey. This particular ...
Vintage Louis Vuitton Monogrammed Suit or Shoe Case
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very beautiful and well preserved Louis Vuitton hard sided suit or shoe case. Monogrammed canvas with leather trims and brass hardware.
Brass
Louis Vuitton Shoe Case.
Located in London, GB
A good ‘Valise Chaussures’ (shoe case) in L. V. ‘Monogramme’ canvas with brass trim, the interior with 12 individual green velvet compartments for shoes, with fabric divider, and ori...
Brass
Louis Vuitton Monogram Coated Canvas Upper Case Loafers Size 40
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These Upper Case loafers crafted by Louis Vuitton display incredible skill and signature elements that evoke a sense of timeless elegance. They are designed with an easy structure th...
Louis Vuitton Black Leather Upper Case Loafers Size 36
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
Practical, fashionable, and durable—these designer loafers are carefully built to be fine companions to your everyday style. They come made using the best materials to be a prized bu...
Louis Vuitton Monogram Coated Canvas Upper Case Loafers Size 36
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2
These Upper Case loafers crafted by Louis Vuitton display incredible skill and signature elements that evoke a sense of timeless elegance. They are designed with an easy structure th...
Antique Louis Vuitton Wardrobe Trunk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We cannot express the AMAZING condition of this Louis Vuitton steamer trunk! Shoe case and double hangers.
Louis Vuitton Monogram Shoe Case
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Double Bay, NSW
Louis Vuitton monogram shoe case with brass hardware.
Brass
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Gold Leaf
$2,860 / item
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Straw
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Capiz Shell Table Lamp, Model Cornelia
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cornelia Table Lamp is a lamp that is made from capiz shells which gives the material an irregular structure. This makes each lamp unique, something that adds to its character and pe...
Brass
$2,500 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Petrol by Yiannis Ghikas
By Yiannis Ghikas, Miniforms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
$4,813Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 23.63 in Dm 27.56 in
Rezzonico chandelier 5 arms clear Murano glass, multicolor details by Multiforme
By Multiforme
Located in Venezia, Veneto
Kia Ora chandelier 5 lights clear Murano glass with blue and ruby trims, multicolour vitreous paste details. Kia Ora is the combination of the traditional Venetian structure with g...
Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
$975,000
H 31.5 in W 23.5 in
Playboy Bunny, Synthetic Polymer Drawing, 1985, Warhol Foundation Stamped
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Synthetic polymer drawing on paper. Unsigned. Warhol Foundation stamp on verso. Sheet size 31.5 x 23.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent condition. Cert...
Paper, Polymer
$194,500
H 32 in Dm 51 in
Italian 19th-20th Century Whimsical White Marble Wishing Wellhead with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and exceptionally carved Italian 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style whimsical white Carrara marble wishing wellhead, raised on an octagonal two-step marble base. The...
Carrara Marble
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
$17,900Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.75 in W 15.75 in D 8.67 in
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully carved hood & robes all from...
Carrara Marble
$385,134
H 52.37 in W 35.83 in D 24.41 in
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on fo...
Ormolu
Gilded Peacock Sculpture in Porcelain and Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made with shiny porcelain, hand-painted with 24-karat gold and preciou...
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
$4,807
H 4.34 in W 16.93 in D 13.39 in
20th Century Louis Vuitton "President" Briefcase In Monogram Canvas, France
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A charming Louis Vuitton hard-sided case, late 20th century, the exterior finished in the famous monogram canvas with brass fittings. This beautiful example is in fantastic condition...
Brass
$1,024 / item
H 9.06 in W 37.41 in D 6.7 in
1970s German Industrial Cast Aluminum and Glass T8 Explosion Proof Striplight
By Leuchtenbau Wittenberg
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A vintage Industrial flameproof ceiling striplight / tube light made by Wittenburg of Germany. Originally designed for hazardous areas in factories and on cargo ships. The build i...
Aluminum
$1,450 / item
H 9.45 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Stone, Onyx, Metal
$75,000
H 74.13 in W 122 in D 0.75 in
Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen with Palace Attendants
Located in Miami, FL
Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen — Provenance: Perret Vibert, Paris Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen with Palace Attendants and Schola...
Wood, Paint
The story behind iconic luxury brand Louis Vuitton — best known for its esteemed handbags, crossbody bags, leather goods, ready-to-wear clothing and more — is one of craft and innovation in the worlds of fashion, jewelry and furniture.
The company’s modest origins can be traced back to when its founder, Louis Vuitton (1821–92), wishing to free himself from the conventional lifestyle in his provincial French city of Anchay as well as a difficult stepmother, left in the early 1830s to make a new life in Paris. The young Vuitton was 13 at the time and would need to travel on foot to get to the capital, which was hundreds of miles away. With stops along the way to make money so that he could forge ahead, the journey took a couple of years, but reward was close at hand.
When he arrived in Paris, Vuitton made a living with his hands. He toiled as a box maker and packer for more than a decade and built relationships with royals and members of the upper class while working for the empress of France, Eugenie de Montijo. In 1854, Vuitton launched his namesake company. The craftsman opened a humble workshop on rue Neuve des Capucines and advertised his services with a small poster that read: “Securely packs the most fragile objects. Specializing in packing fashions.”
Long before his brand would become known globally for its exemplary top-handle bags and stylish totes, Vuitton produced stackable and rectangular trunks. The most common trunks of the era were round, which weren’t ideal for toting and storing. In 1858, Vuitton debuted his lightweight, handcrafted canvas trunks, which were sturdy, rugged and equipped with convenient compartments. Travel’s popularity broadened in the late 19th century, and Vuitton’s trunks could easily be packed into train cars and ships — upright trunks meant hanging wardrobe storage that would allow his clients to transport their sophisticated garments without worry. Demand increased and the company grew. When Louis Vuitton died in 1892, control of the luxury house was passed onto his only son, Georges Vuitton.
In 1914, a Louis Vuitton store opened at 70 Champs-Élysées. The largest travel-goods store in the world at the time, it became the company’s flagship.
The Louis Vuitton brand embodies all the attributes of luxury, from the craftsmanship, exclusivity and relevance to heritage. It’s only appropriate that it boasts one of the most recognizable insignias — the imaginative interlocking of letters and fleurettes — in the fashion world. The famous LV monogram was first used in 1896 as part of an initiative by Georges to prevent counterfeiting of his coveted new line of travel trunks. It’s one of the earliest examples of fashion branding.
The LV monogram would soon appear on everything from bags and various fashion accessories to alligator-skin champagne cases, from stylish apparel and earrings to teddy bears and airplane models.
On 1stDibs, the unmistakable insignia can be found on both modern and vintage Louis Vuitton shoulder bags, suitcases, original 19th-century trunks, jackets and more.
Diamonds and sapphires still played a starring role, but less popular stones popped up too.
The Japanese artist is one of many creators with whom the French fashion house has partnered to impressive effect.
The late designer created an iridescent, irreverent take on the nearly century-old travel staple.
What are the telltale signs that you're holding a real Louis Vuitton and not a knockoff? We spoke with expert Diane D’Amato to find out. Of course, you don't have to worry about fakes on 1stDibs, where every seller is highly vetted.
The venerable brand has earned accolades (and gained new fans) for partnerships that meld fashion with art.
From Chanel to YSL, the logos of some legacy fashion houses spark instant brand recognition and have come to symbolize a kind of luxury that feels at once aspirational and attainable.
1stDibs dealers discuss the challenges of this unprecedented time, and the signs of hope.
When the name of a bag is as well-known as its brand, you know it's a classic.