Canvases · Louis Vuitton
Trianon grey canvas
The oil-painted canvas on Louis Vuitton's first flat trunks.
Louis Vuitton says Louis covered his first flat-topped trunks in oil-painted hemp canvas, lighter than leather and waterproof. It was first called "gris ordinaire" and became known as Trianon grey. Imitations led to a red and beige striped canvas and then the Damier.