Louis VUITTON - Succursale Emile Rabec - Lot 388

Lot n° 388
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Louis VUITTON - Succursale Emile Rabec - Lot 388
Louis VUITTON - Succursale Emile Rabec Circa 1880 - Rare " mail trunk " in wood with the number "VRD", side handles, iron clasps, beige and blue canvas interior. Dimensions : 113 x 58,5 x 59cm. Bibliography : "He [Louis Vuitton] delegates then partly the customers and the deliveries to Emile Rabec, his first apprentice, and concentrates on the invention of a new model of trunk.... At the same time, at the end of 1857 ... He [Louis Vuitton] opened a branch at number 65 Avenue des Champs-Elysées, which he entrusted to Emile Rabec, his first apprentice, to whom he later handed it over. In 1884 ... he [Louis Vuitton] had to fight with his first d'atelier, Emile Rabec, who, after running a Vuitton branch, tried to make a fortune using the name ..." "Louis Vuitton une saga française" by Stéphanie Bonvicini published by Fayard 2004, pages 59, 72 and 158.
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