Dressing Cases

Editorial view of an early Victorian specialist case maker's shopfront at 38 Piccadilly.

Archive Record 004: Lucy Leuchars, Case Maker at 38 Piccadilly

Lucy Leuchars is documented as a writing-desk and dressing-case maker at 38 Piccadilly. Archive Record 004 examines the directories, object label and royal association that preserve her place in the…

Editorial illustration of the elliptical exhibition palace and grounds in Paris in 1867.

William Leuchars at the Paris Exposition of 1867

A contemporary French account records William Leuchars's silver medal at the Paris Exposition of 1867 and praises the taste, luxury and durability of the firm's dressing cases.

Plate 104 showing table and toilet ornaments exhibited by W. Leuchars in London in 1862

Archive Record 002: William Leuchars at the International Exhibition of 1862

A contemporary and official record of W. Leuchars’s table and toilet ornaments, dressing cases and leatherwork at London’s International Exhibition of 1862.

Official 1851 Great Exhibition catalogue entry and engraving of the dressing case exhibited by William Leuchars.

William Leuchars at the Great Exhibition of 1851

Archive Record 001 studies the walnut dressing case exhibited by William Leuchars of 38 Piccadilly at the Great Exhibition of 1851.