Travel Accoutrements
Travel accoutrements are the small instruments and personal objects carried during journeys. These objects formed part of the equipment used by travellers and were often contained within fitted travel cases.
During the nineteenth century such objects allowed travellers to maintain routines of grooming, correspondence and daily life while away from home.
Portable Personal Equipment
Personal travel equipment often included grooming tools, writing instruments, watches and other objects required for daily use. Travel accoutrements allowed these objects to be carried in a practical and organised manner.
These instruments were frequently arranged within fitted interiors designed to protect and organise the objects contained within a travel case.
Instruments of Travel
Typical travel accoutrements could include portable grooming instruments, writing tools, small personal instruments and other practical objects required during travel.
These objects combined durability with craftsmanship so that they could withstand the demands of travel.
Travel and Craftsmanship
Travel accoutrements were often produced by specialist craftsmen using materials such as silver, glass and leather. These materials provided durability while allowing craftsmen to produce objects of refinement.
The combination of craftsmanship and practicality made these objects an important part of personal travel equipment.
The Leuchars Tradition
The Leuchars firm became associated with fitted cases designed to contain personal equipment used in travel and private life. The objects contained within these cases formed part of the wider tradition of travel accoutrements.
Leuchars London ® continues the traditions associated with the historic craft of case making and personal equipment.
