Its steamer trunks with their flat tops were designed to stack neatly into cargo holds and rapidly replaced domed trunks, more suited to the backs of horse-drawn carriages.

ECONOMIST: Henry Racamier

All have been individually decorated, so it is impossible to generalize, but ours came with cream walls, bleached wooden floors covered by sisal matting, wicker screens, a four-poster king-size bed, wingback armchairs, a large writing desk, dramatic framed black-and-white photography and decoration that ranged from traditional African sculptures to a tower of Louis Vuitton steamer trunks.

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