French-antiques

Vintage luggage

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In the 18th C only the rich travelled, their servants following with heavy wooden trunks and chests containing their belongings.  With the advent of the railways and Transatlantic steam ship lines in the 19th C travelling became more popular.
In the mid-19th C Louis Vuitton began making his custom-made luggage and later developped the stackable flat-top trunk. Hat boxes, shoe boxes, vanity boxes also appeared. 




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