Travelling trunk
Louis Vuitton
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Textile, Wood
Measurements
33.5 x 90 x 51 cm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 208389.1
Caption
This set of three luggage trunks belonged to George and Elsie Bambridge. The Bambridges travelled widely, as the luggage labels still attached to these trunks record. After her husband’s death Elsie travelled to New York in 1947, sailing from Southampton on the prestigious Queen Elizabeth in a first class state room.
Summary
Louis Vuitton wood and canvas, brass studded, travel trunk, with blue and yellow centre stripe, one of a set of 3. This trunk fitted with a tray. Has wheels.
Provenance
Part of the Bambridge Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Mrs Elsie Bambridge (1896-1976)
Makers and roles
Louis Vuitton, designer