1930s Trunks and Luggage

Around the turn of the 19th and 20th century Louis Vuitton had established himself as a market leader in trunk making and needed to set his now famous brand apart from the imitators ...

Here is a beautiful and Rare Vintage Hermes Leather Suitcase. This handsome piece of luggage is in overall good condition for its age with wear...

A well proportioned natural leather covered Louis Vuitton cabin trunk that has built up an attractive patina with age. Has original leather handles & brass fittings and has its original interior in-tact (including the original tray); Circa 1930. One of the original handle supports is a newly made replacement of the original, that was beyond repair. Provenance: From the collection of Anouska Hempel, noted interior designer, hotelier and taste maker. Dimensions: 91 cm/35⅞ inches (length) x 52 cm/20½ inches (depth) x 34.5 cm/13⅝ inches (height). About Louis Vuitton From humble beginnings, Louis Vuitton laid the foundations for a luggage enterprise serving the upper echelons of 19th-century society. His son, Georges, expanded on his father’s work throughout the 20th century. Louis Vuitton was born on 4 August 1821 in Anchay, a rural village in Eastern France. His father, Xavier Vuitton, was a farmer, his mother, Coronne Gaillard, a milliner. In 1835, aged 13, Vuitton left Anchay on foot for his two-year journey to Paris. He found work as a layetier – a maker of wooden boxes and cases for transporting travelers’ possessions – and was selected as the personal layetier to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, a Spanish Countess and wife of Napoleon III. In 1854, at 4 Rue Neuve de Capucines, Paris, Vuitton launched his enterprise, gaining recognition among Parisian nobility. A second Parisian store opened at 1, Rue Scribe, after the 1871 Siege of Paris. Striped “Rayée” canvas and the first Vuitton Wardrobe Trunk arrived in the 1870s, expanding abroad to 289 Oxford Street, London, and introducing the Damier canvas in the 1880s. Louis Vuitton passed...

Chinese Export, Storage Trunk, Dowry, Walnut, Carved, Burn Mark, China, 1930s A 19th or 20th Century Storage Trunk or Dowry. A solid wood finely carved chest having full body figure...

Pine blanket chest from circa 1930. The chest has a simple design but well put together with dovetail joints. To use for storage or for example to put your television on.

This magnificent Goyard steamer trunk features the very unusual black canvas, Goyard stamped solid brass lock and latches, as well as brass studs and large leather side handles.. It ...

Extremely rare Vasculum for collecting flowers and plants. The vasculum is made in bent birch in 1930s and is attributed to Alvar Aalto. This is typical design for Alvar Aalto and in...

Immaculate mahogany veneered steamer trunk. From the 1930s, this piece features lots of details, from original dress shirt sleeves, tie racks and mirrors. Crafted by Compacton, the p...

A superb leather case originally designed to fit the proportions of a car boot along with at least one other case, circa 1930. Dimensions: 88.5 cm/34? inches (length) x 39 cm/15? ...

This magnificent shoe trunk features the very unusual and original "au touriste" motifs canvas, solid brass locks, as well as brass studs and large leather side handles. It still has...

Two old Corbin locks included with keys. Heavy patina and wear but the trunk functions very well, and the wood is in great shape, was stored well.

An attractive Louis Vuitton steamer trunk with polished brass fittings, lozine trim, leather handles and original interior with full complement of trays. Circa 1935. Dimensions: 91...