Vintage Louis Vuitton Nomade Leather Briefcase
A vintage Nomade leather Neguev GM briefcase, Louis Vuitton. Features honey coloured 'Cuir marron' smooth leather exterior with yellow contrast stitching, a large front pocket and a LV luggage tag. Double zip top opens to maroon alcantara interior with three slip pockets. Gold tone hardware. Approximately 16.14 in. x 15.75 in. Handle drop 4.72 in. Serial number RI0092. Dustbag., originally created in 1860, Louis Vuitton Nomade leather is vegetable-tanned using a careful blend of mimosa, oak, quebracho and chestnut bark, then saturated in pigment to produce exceptionally supple leather that will age beautifully, attaining a lustrous patina over the years. This Neguev GM briefcase was only available for a limited time and is rare to find.
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- Patination / Patina - In broad terms, patination refers to the exterior surface appearance of the timber, the effect of fading caused by exposure to sunlight and air over the course of a century or more, changing the piece to a soft, mellow colour.
As patina is very difficult to replicate, it is one of the most important guides to determining the age of furniture.
Patina is also the term applied to the bloom or film found on old bronzes due to oxidisation. - Oak - Native to Europe and England, oak has been used for joinery, furniture and building since the beginning of the medieval civilisation. It is a pale yellow in colour when freshly cut and darkens with age to a mid brown colour.
Oak as a furniture timber was superceded by walnut in the 17th century, and in the 18th century by mahogany,
Semi-fossilised bog oak is black in colour, and is found in peat bogs where the trees have fallen and been preserved from decay by the bog. It is used for jewellery and small carved trinkets.
Pollard oak is taken from an oak that has been regularly pollarded, that is the upper branches have been removed at the top of the trunk, result that new branches would appear, and over time the top would become ball-like. . When harvested and sawn, the timber displays a continuous surface of knotty circles. The timber was scarce and expensive and was used in more expensive pieces of furniture in the Regency and Victorian periods.
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