Louis Vuitton (designer)
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Louis Vuitton was a French malletier and businessman. He was the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH. Prior to this, he had been appointed as trunk-maker to Eugénie d
Portrait Louis Vuitton
In the courtyard of the Asnières workshops, around 1888, Louis, Georges and Gaston L. Vuitton (sitting on a bed trunk)
Eugénie de Montijo
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Eugénie de Montijo was the Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until he was overthrown on 4 September 1870. From 28 July to 4 September 1870, she was the de fact
Louis Vuitton (designer)
…businessman. He was the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH. Prior to this, he had been appointed as trunk-maker to Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. Vuitton was born to a family of artisans, carpenters, and farmers in Lavans-sur-Valouse. At the age of 10, his mother, a hat-maker…
Portrait by Sergey Lvovich Levitsky, 1862
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1853
Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie with their son
Empress Eugénie of the French, 1858