Louis Vuitton has honored the South of France’s defacto official sport, Pétanque by creating a limited-edition pétanque ball set.
The Luxury collection was created in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the sport pétanque.
The set includes a leather-encased set of nine monogrammed balls and a cochonnet, or jack.
The Louis Vuitton Pétanque balls are made of monogrammed canvas and are weighted to give the feel of a traditional metal pétanque balls.
The pétanque balls come in a natural leather case which has space for a score sheet and pencil.
The case has the discreet LV embossed on the lower corner, rolled leather handles and lined in a soft, beige alcantra lining.
This game was made in 2007 and was never available to the general public by Louis Vuitton, only for VIP clients.
Do you ever look at the people who actually play pétanque? I live in France, and I can tell you there will be about as much demand for this as there would be for ice cream in Greenland
[...] Leon Talley. Louis Vuitton is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French sport with this luxe monogrammed ball set. (For those of you who aren’t familiar with the riveting world of boules, pétanque is quite [...]
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From the Midi region, the name means “close feet” or “feet together”.
It’s also played in the Cataluña region in Spain and I believe that it’s also played here in Portugal.
[...] Leon Talley. Louis Vuitton is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French sport with this luxe monogrammed ball set. (For those of you who aren’t familiar with the riveting world of boules, pétanque is quite [...]
I’m assuming that the cochonnet is the orange leather wrapped one on the side. Only problem would be the surface you use these on are limited, otherwise the leather would get damaged. I bet you anything that I could get hold of a set from LV if I wanted one, since you mention that it’s “never available to the general public”, but this isn’t my sport. Apart from having good quality leather and the monogram design, the leather patches aren’t put together very well because they’re not as perfectly round as the chrome balls normally used. Which in turn means would create drag, especially on grass which would be the ideal surface for these. I think these would only be suitable as a prize/medal or as a display item.