1916 MOYNAT antique travel steamer TRUNK Paris France, Louis Vuitton - $2000 (Midwood, Brooklyn)
Date: 2012-03-11, 11:32PM EDT
Reply to: dcgn2-2855288074@sale.craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Fresh from a Catskills estate, an exquisite MOYNAT travel chest / storage wardrobe / steamer trunk, made in Paris, France, and dated 1916 on its original label. It is approximately 44" long, 21" wide and 19" tall, wood with tooled leather and brass fittings, still has its original cloth lining and removable inner tray. It has a wonderful patina and shows its age with plenty of honest wear, but otherwise appears to be in remarkably good condition, considering that it is almost 100 years old. Extremely high quality, beautiful trunk, as nice as any Louis Vuitton, but far more rare / unique / exclusive.
Here is what I found online:
"Today, Louis Vuitton is a household word. However, in France, there were other important malletiers (trunk-makers). The House of Moynat was founded by the malletier Jules Coulembier in 1849. Jules Coulembier patented his first inventions for packaging materials in 1854. In the 1870's, Moynat continued to pioneer innovations in the world of trunks and developed a wide range of cabin trunks, armoire trunks, linen trunks as well as a full range of automobile trunks. From 1900 onwards, Moynat became an undisputed specialist of automobile luggage for which it developed a number of registered designs. The House of Moynat was shut down in 1967."
Just Google "Moynat" for more info, though I am sure that most potential buyers would know exactly what they are looking at, far better than I do. No silly lowball offers, please, this is a genuine high-end antique. But I an willing to discuss price with a serious buyer. Cash & carry preferred, or can deliver for a small additional fee.
Steamship cruise, locomotive railroad travel, gaslight era, vintage, turn of the century, Europe, Art Moderne, steam punk...
PostingID: 2855288074Here is what I found online:
"Today, Louis Vuitton is a household word. However, in France, there were other important malletiers (trunk-makers). The House of Moynat was founded by the malletier Jules Coulembier in 1849. Jules Coulembier patented his first inventions for packaging materials in 1854. In the 1870's, Moynat continued to pioneer innovations in the world of trunks and developed a wide range of cabin trunks, armoire trunks, linen trunks as well as a full range of automobile trunks. From 1900 onwards, Moynat became an undisputed specialist of automobile luggage for which it developed a number of registered designs. The House of Moynat was shut down in 1967."
Just Google "Moynat" for more info, though I am sure that most potential buyers would know exactly what they are looking at, far better than I do. No silly lowball offers, please, this is a genuine high-end antique. But I an willing to discuss price with a serious buyer. Cash & carry preferred, or can deliver for a small additional fee.
Steamship cruise, locomotive railroad travel, gaslight era, vintage, turn of the century, Europe, Art Moderne, steam punk...
- Location: Midwood, Brooklyn
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