A Louis Vuitton cabin trunk in the house's orange Roma canvas, dating to the 1930s, mounted on a purpose-made brass stand for use as a coffee table.
The Roma canvas was produced in far smaller quantities than the monogram, and this example carries it in a deep, warm orange-red, mellowed over decades into a complex, almost lacquered surface that only time and use can produce. Against the canvas, the brass hardware reads with particular authority, the central lock plate, flanking clasps, corner guards, and studded borders all present and bright. The trunk is structured with natural wood slat banding and leather trim, with the period-embossed borders, the leather side handle retaining good structure, and the lower face carrying the original leather pull-tab fitting. The interior is lined in Vuitton's quilted cream fabric with diamond-pattern stitching and brass stud detailing, the premium interior of the house's cabin trunk production, structurally intact with honest age marking throughout.
The brushed brass stand has been made to complement the hardware, and in this configuration the trunk serves as a coffee table while keeping its full integrity as a historical object, the lid opening freely onto storage of considerable capacity. The trunk measures 27 inches wide, 10 inches high, and 18.5 inches deep. A rare cabin-format example of the Roma canvas in original unrestored condition.
Literature: Pierre Léonforte and Éric Pujalet-Plaà, Louis Vuitton: 100 Legendary Trunks, New York, 2010; Paul-Gérard Pasols, Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury, Paris, 2004.
A Louis Vuitton cabin trunk in the house's orange Roma canvas, dating to the 1930s, mounted on a purpose-made brass stand for use as a coffee table.
The Roma canvas was produced in far smaller quantities than the monogram, and this example carries it in a deep, warm orange-red, mellowed over decades into a complex, almost lacquered surface that only time and use can produce. Against the canvas, the brass hardware reads with particular authority, the central lock plate, flanking clasps, corner guards, and studded borders all present and bright. The trunk is structured with natural wood slat banding and leather trim, with the period-embossed borders, the leather side handle retaining good structure, and the lower face carrying the original leather pull-tab fitting. The interior is lined in Vuitton's quilted cream fabric with diamond-pattern stitching and brass stud detailing, the premium interior of the house's cabin trunk production, structurally intact with honest age marking throughout.
The brushed brass stand has been made to complement the hardware, and in this configuration the trunk serves as a coffee table while keeping its full integrity as a historical object, the lid opening freely onto storage of considerable capacity. The trunk measures 27 inches wide, 10 inches high, and 18.5 inches deep. A rare cabin-format example of the Roma canvas in original unrestored condition.
Literature: Pierre Léonforte and Éric Pujalet-Plaà, Louis Vuitton: 100 Legendary Trunks, New York, 2010; Paul-Gérard Pasols, Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury, Paris, 2004.
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