May 12, 2008 - Sale 2145

Sale 2145 - Lot 76

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
G. BOURDIER (DATES UNKNOWN) SELLERIES RÉUNIES. Circa 1935.
41 x 29 1/2 inches, 104x75 cm. Burnand & Girardet, Paris.
Condition B+: minor restoration along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears in margins; crease in upper right corner. Framed.
Back in the Golden Age of travel, suitcases were made by the same leather working companies that made saddles. To promote their line and range of baggage, the unknown Bourdier has created the personification of the prepared traveler -- one who is made out of suitcases.