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The BelMal Registry of Trunkmakers brand names, Antique Travel Equipment and Ancient Luggage

Editor: JPB

Charles Delvaux  trunk of 1907,  the "Edison" model  patented in 1898. This one damaged during WWII (has bullet holes). (BelMal museum collection) 

ARCHIVE ENTRY    

DELVAUX

Boulevard du Nord, in 1919.

The Delvaux shop's awning seen at the left of a person pushing a cart loaded with a trunk. (BelMal Archive) 

Veuve J. Delvaux suitcase trunk, around 1895, made of cedar. The banding has three rows of nails, and the trunk's lid is iron-clad. (BelMal museum collection) 

Delvaux (Delvaux Créateur) (current organisational name; active in leather goods mainly)

Company established in 1829

(Oldest leather-goods manufacturer - maroquinier -  in activity in the world. Trunk-making in own workshop - malletier - ended around 1914. Modern-day valises made as of 1946).  

COUNTRY  [2]     

Belgium

BE

LOCATION(S)  [3]    

From 1829 to 1930s:

Brussels, Rue de l'Empereur, 7, and 5-7

Brussels, Rue des Fripiers, 31 (sales branch)

Brussels, Rue de l'Empereur, 11 (of Ane. Delvaux Jeune)

Brussels, Grande Rue de l'Ecuyer, 24

Brussels, Montagne aux Herbes Potagères, 1

Brussels, Rue du Marais, 25 (Maison J. Brondeel)

Brussels, Rue Neuve, 71, then 72, and then 90  

Brussels, Boulevard du Nord, 22, and then 20-22 

(Nord became Boulevard Adolphe Max as of 1921)

BRAND(S)  [4]  

Family members names were the main brand-names:

From 1829 to 1933 (Delvaux "dynasty"; coach-saddlers, trunkmakers, leather goods):

C. Delvaux-Présent (supplemented by the "A l'Activité" brandname)  

       (C. is Charles, and not be confused with the later one, see further below. 

       Présent is the familyname of his wife)

J. Delvaux Ainé (suppl. "A l'Industrie Belge")  (J. is Joseph-Louis, the elder)

       Family branches out > Ane. Delvaux Jeune  (Antoine, the younger)

Vve. J. Delvaux Ainé   (Vve. is Veuve, or widow of Joseph-Louis)

       Family branch-out succ. #1 > Maison A. Delvaux Fils 

       Family branch-out succ. #2 > Maison J. Brondeel  

Charles Delvaux   (= Charles-Louis Delvaux, but uses "Charles Delvaux" brandname) 

       Remerges the Brondeel "branch" (labels also show: Manufacture d'articles de

       voyage. Fondée en 1829)  

Edmond Delvaux  (last family member, and discontinues trunkmaking )

After 1933 (e.g. after the buy-out by Franz Schwennicke):

Avia and Airess (Airex) suitcases, valises

Delvaux Créateur (with a horse-drawn coach, a crown, and "1829 Bruxelles")

D (and inverted D, both in leather embossing) 

1829 Delvaux (a crown appears between the digits 18 and 29)

Since 2011 Fund Brands (of the Victor and William Fung families of Hong Kong), holds 80% of the shares of the Delvaux company. The other 20% remain with the Schwennicke family who owned the entire company during the preceding 78 years . 

Ed. : JPB

All of the registry entries and the data reflect the current state of archiving, or only part of it (in progress), and may therefore not be fully complete.  For the explanation of the fields [1], [2], [3] and [4] found above, please click here

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