LOUIS VUITTON - Lot 399

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LOUIS VUITTON - Lot 399
LOUIS VUITTON His Toy Store 70 Champs-Elysees, circa 1935-1940 - Doll wardrobe in natural straw, vulcanized fiber borders, corners, silver metal closures, white interior, blue floral pattern compartmentalized making closet and chest of drawers. Dimensions: 61x30x27 cm. Bibliography: "Three registers inventory the deposits made between 1897 and 1972. They document in particular the creations in margin of the emblematic fabrications [...]. The first deposits go back to 1932 for wooden creations for the most part: "Doll house, "Wooden duck", "Trojan horse", "Toy to drag", "Punch", "Toys to push" [...] The toy fair commercializes the house creations. As for the trunks, some are special orders. Gaston-Louis creates toys for trunk makers. He designed miniature travel accessories, trunks and luggage for dolls' effects. In 1938, the workshops made the bed carrier offered to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret of England visiting Paris." "Gaston Louis Vuitton La Chambre des Merveilles", published by Louis Vuitton under the direction of Patrick Mauriès, page 140-141- 142 - 144 - Similar model in the book "Gaston Louis Vuitton La Chambre des Merveilles", published by Louis Vuitton under the direction of Patrick Mauriès, page 106."Louis Vuitton Jouets", advertising card project, drawing attributed to Gaston-Louis Vuitton: on the initiative of Gaston-Louis Vuitton's wife, Renée, a toy salon was created in the 1930s at 70 Avenue des Champs Elysées. It offered new products, even exclusive, for young and old, amateurs or collectors: wooden toys, stuffed animals, dolls and trunks dedicated to their effects, designed by Gaston-Louis Vuitton, toy soldiers, models of boats and sailboats [...]". Cartel number 473 of the exhibition Book of the exhibition "Volez, Voguez, Voyagez" held at the Grand Palais from 04.12.2015 to 21.02.2016, published by Flammarion, page 155.
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