71. LOUIS VUITTON (70, CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES) - Lot 71

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71. LOUIS VUITTON (70, CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES) - Lot 71
71. LOUIS VUITTON (70, CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES) Small suitcase in orange vuittonite, marked "X" and numbered 1, with the colors of the owner. Lock with dust cover. Label numbered 754732. Natural leather handle. Signed. (Missing the key). 17 x 34,5 x 59 cm. Special trunk for the Croisière Noire Citroën, Paris-Tombouctou, circa 1924. Champs Elysées n°754786 - 754718 circa 1924 Black Cruise Edition "In France, the year 1924 (...) of the Croisière Noire, which the glory of the manufacturer André Citroën. Departure October 28, 1924 from Colomb-Béchar in Algeria, on the the Sahara, the Croisière noire travelled 20,000 kilometers until its arrival 20,000 kilometers until its arrival on June 26, 1925 in Tananarive, Madagascar, after 235 days, not without without having traced a new route through Central Africa Central Africa. In private life, Mr. and Mrs. Citroën are loyal customers of Louis Vuitton. In 1923, a a comfortable order for a series of luggage luggage ranging from an aero trunk to a lunch case, informs about a project of the couple to take part to personally take part in the Black Cruise after the the frustration of the aborted inaugural voyage of the trans-Saharan line. At the same time, this same year year, at the express request of André Citroën, the Vuitton began designing and preparing the trunks and preparation of trunks and cases of all kinds intended for for the raid and, because of their exceptional nature, were special orders. (...) Gaston Louis-Vuitton raises and worries about several crucial points: "Cars III and VIII do not have an individual pharmacy. Should they be provided in the same place as the other cars? same location as the other cars?" Or or "The AV BVI CVIIII cars are indicated with two toilet bags Is this not a mistake? Another request was made: "Cars I and II of Mr Haardt & Mr Audouin-Dubreuil are provided with toilet bags that should contain contain: three large bottles, four small ones. What capacities? Should these bottles be made of crystal or metal metal - aluminum, melchior or silver? This is followed by questions about keys. In particular for chests containing medicines and poisons. and poisons. On September 10, 1924, Georges-Marie Haardt, sends to the House Vuitton the complete list of what his toilet suitcase should contain. A of bottles with caps and stilligoutte and containing hair and eye lotions, cologne, etc. cologne, etc.; a tooth glass, a shaving bowl, clothes brushes brushes for clothes, hair, nails, manicure accessories, a small accessories, a small pharmacy including tubes of quinine of quinine tablets, aspirin, etc.; splinter forceps. splinter forceps. And to imagine the meticulous care that to draw up lists of everything that will be taken aboard the eight that would be taken on board the eight autochenilles and the the ingenuity that Vuitton had to develop so that this severely exhaustive exhaustive inventory could be accommodated in the 150 or so the 150 or so trunks delivered to Citroën. Trunks covered with a coated canvas of a different color, each vehicle having been assigned a specific color color: red, yellow, and containing cots, work tables work tables, folding seats, spare clothes, toiletries toiletries, various accessories, tools, dishes, medicines, drinking water, ... but also boxes for boots but also boxes for boots, trunks-lavabos, boxes containing containing rifle and revolver cartridges, etc.". Bibliography: "Louis Vuitton -100 Trunks of Legend" published by Editions de la Martinière.
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