LOUIS VUITTON STEAMER TRUNK.1930s; partial serial# 7*332*. Covered in trademark brown leather with LV monogram. The original hardware marked with New Bond Street, London and Champs Élysées, Paris addresses. The surface with numerous international travel labels. The interior fitted on one side with six drawers; the other with fold-out hanger bars, twelve hangers and a lift-out case. - 44 in. x 21 1/2 in. x 21 1/2 in. Estimate $3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE: Washington, DC socialite Nancy Newbold Legendre née Seckendorff Newbold. Used on occasions of international travel as a teenager with her parents and later on her honeymoon.
Missing a leather strap handle. The interior walls with minor creases. The shelves with various degrees of scattered staining; faint musty odor. The exterior, including the metal/wood/leather mounts with losses and partial stickers throughout associated with rigorous travel.
