Why it belongs in ORBIS
Founded in 1829 and billing itself as the oldest fine leather goods house in the world — Belgian royal warrant holder, creator of the Brillant and Tempête bags.
The oldest luxury leather goods house in the world — founded 1829, holder of the Belgian royal warrant, and creator of the Brillant and the Tempête, bags with the structural conviction of architecture. Handmade in Belgium and France, Delvaux predates every rival that later made handbags famous; the house simply declined to be loud about arriving first.