Thursday, February 17, 2011

LEOPOLOD STOKOWSKI LOUIS VUITTON DESK TRUNK, 1930

IN THE YEAR OF 1930 LOUIS VUITTON CREATED ONE OF THEIR MOST REMARKABLE PIECES FOR ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI.THE DESK TRUNK WAS DESIGNED WITH THE SIGNATURE MONOGRAM CANVAS AND LINED IN SWALLOW GRAY VUITTON. OVER THE YEARS OF FOLLOWING LOUIS VUITTON  LUGGAGE WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR GREAT MONOGRAM DESIGNS BUT WHAT MOST SEEM TO FORGET IS THAT LV ALSO COMES WITH USEFUL COMPARTMENTS WITHIN EVERY PIECE. THE  LV DESK TRUNK PROVIDED FOR LEOPOLD IN 1930 CAME WITH A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS FOR HIS MUSIC. THIS TRUNK CAME WITH SHELVES FOR BOOKS, DRAWERS FOR MUSIC SHEETS, SCORES, MUSIC PAPER, A FILE DRAWER, AND SPACE FOR A TYPE WRITER. ONCE THE TRUNK OPENED AN EXTENSION WAS PROVIDED, IT WAS A COLLAPSIBLE TABLE INSPIRED BY THE CAMPING EQUIPMENT CONCEIVED FOR AUTOMOBILES. THIS WAS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST AND USEFUL LOUIS VUITTON TRUNKS CREATED IN THE START OF THE BRAND. I PRESENT THE LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI LOUIS VUITTON DESK TRUNK CREATED IN 1930.