Posted 11 years ago
DrNessa
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Hi,
I just bought this unusual linen clad hat box at a Brooklyn NYC estate.
Lock reads "GO" and there's a copper plaque that reads "Boite Chapeaux" and "systeme" and some other words I can't make out (yet).
Upon an internet search, all I could find were similar hat boxes by Louis Vuitton!
Mine doesn't seem to have the LV monogram on any surfaces, but........
Can anyone advise me?
Was "GO" a hardware maker for Louis Vuitton?
Were all his trunks and chests monogrammed?
Help, please!
Thanks for looking,
Nessa
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My guess is that it is not a louis vuitton hat box -- there were a few fine makers of trunks in France in this time period. I believe he started to monogram his hardware very early on. Still a beautiful trunk...