"Louis VUITTON Champs-Elysées ANNEE 1932 N°798608... Lot 13

"Louis VUITTON Champs-Elysées ANNEE 1932 N°798608 - SERRURE N°103432 - EXCEPTIONNEL ""MARTHE-CHENAL"" in black Russian leather, gilt brass clasps, handle, navy interior composed of its brushwork and bottle mounted in Minerve 950 Millièmes silver engraved with the crown of the Dukes of Rohan-Chabot and its key. Silver weight 218 g. (Minor accidents to elements, wear). Dimensions: 35 x 14.5 x 24 cm Bibliography: Similar model in the book "Louis Vuitton 100 malles de légende 2011 pages 189, 281. "In 1921, Gaston-Louis Vuitton exhibited his first collection of travel kits. The bottles were designed by Mme Camille Cless-Brothier, an artist specializing in bottle and goldsmith's decorations, with whom G-L Vuitton had already been collaborating for several years: in 1922, he presented his bottles at the Salon des Indépendants, including the very Visionnaire Dame à la perruque. For the trunk-maker, this entry into the world of beauty, through the brushing and bottle-making sector, is the result of a necessity: these template bottles are intended to simulate the customer's future travel kit (...) "Necessary". Dictionary definitions: ""Goods you can't do without. Opposite of luxury, superfluous. Box, case containing indispensable utensils (for toiletry, a work) (...) At Louis Vuitton, the virtuosity of the exercise was reflected in the art editions of bottles, brushes, accessories and dressing tables, both sedentary and nomadic, which the House exhibited each season at the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des artistes décorateurs and, naturally, in 1925 at the Exposition internationales des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes. (...)""" Expert | Cabinet CHOMBERT STERNBACH