Louis Vuitton Monogram Vernis Cylinder Bag, Coral Rose

Louis Vuitton's cylindrical barrel bag in coral-rose Monogram Vernis. The body is a true cylinder — flat circular ends, a rolled tube between — cut in patent-coated leather with the Monogram embossed into the surface, including across both round end panels, where the pattern is at its most striking.

Condition: There is no dark water-spotting, which on vachetta is permanent, so an unspotted set on a bag of this age is a genuine selling point. Three things about Vernis cannot be judged from a photograph — surface tackiness, hairline cracking at the folds, and colour transfer.

• Louis Vuitton cylindrical barrel bag in coral-rose Monogram Vernis (patent, Monogram embossed)
• Monogram embossed across both circular end panels
• Two natural vachetta bands wrapping the barrel, rising into two vachetta shoulder handles
• Gold-tone full-length zip with an LV-engraved pull