RESTORATION OF A LOUIS VUITTON EPI LEATHER VANITY

THE LEATHER IS RAVAGED, UNRECOVERABLE

Antique louis vuitton epi leather vanity Trunk

 

This 1987 Vanity model has suffered a spectacular cat attack. The leather cannot be recovered, it was brought to us to be completely redone,  no longer having any collector's value, it will be used for decoration and for everyday life Scratches, urine stains ... the leather is totally damaged. The lock was also broken. The tacky interior prevented any use. We will only deal with exterior restoration in this article. 


PHARMACY BOX RESTORATION


DISASSEMBLY

old lv vanity structure Louis Vuitton Trunk

 

 

Complete disassembly of this Vanity to replace the leather. It is a tedious job because the leather is very well glued. Each nail must be carefully disassembled to be replaced during reassembly. 


CHOICE OF LEATHER

vegetable tanned epi leather Louis Vuitton Trunk

 

EPI Leather is a Louis Vuitton exclusivity . We therefore used a similar leather, but which is not epi leather. However, it has a similar long grain . Our choice fell on a very high-end leather, cognac color. This is a full grain leather tanning plant and aniline   dyed by hand.


CUTOUT

leather cutting and trimming Louis Vuitton Trunk

 

Leather being a natural and full grain product (therefore not retouched) it has certain defects, we map out the skin to cut out all the parts necessary for the realization of the Vanity while respecting the colors.


TRIMMING

trimming old leather pieces Louis Vuitton Trunk

 

The leather pieces are then trimmed in order to thin the ends of the leather. Gluing of the leather pieces face by face . This is the most interesting and exciting part. It will then be necessary to sheath the leather so that it perfectly follows the shapes of the suitcase.


SHEATHING

luxury finish on old vanity leather luggage Louis Vuitton

 

We will carefully "gainer" leather, so he marries perfectly all corners of our Vanity. This work is very meticulous.


MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER ANGLES

cowhide leather lozine angles Louis Vuitton vanity

 

The edges or angles are made of cowhide leather. Part of the cow: Croupons. It is the best part of the leather, dense, firm and of regular thickness, it is used to make high-end items.


TINT AND LOZINAGE

cowhide color on luggage Louis Vuitton leather

 

The natural color of the leather being a very light beige, we will have to tint it. We need to do a " shade search ". This step consists of mixing different pigments until the desired color is obtained. The leather is then soaked in the color to pigment it in the mass.

  

After tinting the edges, we nail them with brass tips which will be matted, in order to make the luggage waterproof. What is called at Louis Vuitton the lozinage. 


INSTALLATION OF HARDWARE

63 / 5000 Résultats de traduction installation of hardware restoration of an old Louis Vuitton vanity

 

All solid brass hardware is cleaned and mirror polished. 

  

The original beige interior will be redone in red velvet according to the customer's choice.


LEATHER CORNERS

Leather corner manufacturing for the vuitton trunk

 

Manufacture of identical corners.


Conclusion


 

Our efforts and our perseverance have given a second life to this pretty Vanity after hours of work and a lot of know-how. Although this restoration is perfect. This luggage collection has no value because extérieu r a was redone. On the other hand, it can be used on a daily basis to accompany Madam.

 


AFTER RESTORATION:



 

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