To travel from the center of Paris to Asnières-sur-Seine, about six miles northwest, is to witness a cross section of the city's evolution: Neoclassical monuments give way to the industrial suburb of Clichy, where corporate giants are headquartered and sustainable urbanism is taking hold.
In the mid to late 19th century, Asnières-sur-Seine's streets, lined with elegant brick villas, became a charming refuge from city life for the burgeoning middle class. This was the appeal for a trunk maker named Louis Vuitton, who built a workshop here in 1859.
Thierry de Longevialle, director of the museum and family home, now hosts the fashion house's top clients here, a once-in-a-lifetime experience that can be arranged via insiders like Stéphanie Boutet-Fajol, of the boutique travel operator Sacrebleu Paris.
De Longevialle begins our tour in the home's spacious double salon, part of a 1900 Art Nouveau extension commissioned by Louis Vuitton's only child, Georges Ferréol Vuitton, and designed by Hector Guimard, a leading architect of the decorative arts movement.
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