1930s Leather Hat Trunk

This magnificent Goyard hat trunk features the very sought after chevrons pattern canvas, two Goyard stamped solid brass side handles, solid brass corners and Goyard engraved brass l...

This leather hat box has got a very warm patina and can easily used as a bedside cabinet or end of a sofa. Original and clean interior can be convenie...

This very nice red canvas and leather hat box features leather trim and leather top handle as well as solid brass locks, clasps and studs. It is very elegant and it has got a very r...

This very nice brown canvas and leather hat box features leather trim and leather top handle as well as solid brass locks and studs.Its canvas looks like crocodile skin. It is very ...

This very nice red canvas and leather hat box features leather trim and leather top handle as well as solid brass locks,clasps and studs.It still has got its working key. It is very ...

This beautiful hat trunk features a very light color of natural leather. It is gently and warmly patinated. It is a very good quality piece, as well concerning its leather as the qua...

Beautiful decorative cabin trunk from the 1930s. These were often used as a wardrobe on intercontinental crossings. The idea was that you left the clothes in the suitcase. Interior i...

Beautiful Britisch trunk / suitcase. This item is a must have for everyone loving old and beautiful stuff. This suitcase is ideal for for example hotelrooms, B&B's of for on the i...

A vintage wood and textile canvas vintage trunk manufactured at the Art Deco period. It is patinated in ivory color with hotel labels, wooden bars, metal protections and leather han...

Beautiful beige canvas cabin suitcase / trunk with brown stripes, metal locks and leather handles, France, 1930s. Steel chromed metal plates locks and stu...

A French Lavolaille pine trunk from the early 20th century, with brass accents and monogram. Created in France during the second quarter of the 20th century, this pine trunk features...

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...