Tooled Brown Leather Shoulder on sale Bag With Rose Embossed Design And Unique Fold Out Compartment- VGC

This is a beautiful rose embossed tooled beige and brown leather shoulder bag. The bag has multiple compartments and a unique front fold out access design.

The exterior of the bag is made of a beautiful beige and brown colored leather. It has a flap over top with a brass tone turnlock closure. This is a very versatile bag with plenty of pockets and compartments to store things in. There is a zipper pocket immediately under the flap. However, it also has a fold out feature that is accessed by a zipper closure. Once it's folded out there is easy access to multiple pockets. There are also two additional compartments behind the fold out feature with a slip pocket and a zip pocket divider. It has an adjustable leather strap. It has metal feet on the bottom to protect the leather from scuffing.

Dimensions:

Length; 10.5 inches
Height: 7.5 inches
Width: 4 inches

Strap drop: 16.75 inches

Condition:

This bag is in very good condition. There are no rips, tears or holes. The hardware functions as intended. It is structurally sound. However, there is some scuffing and scratching. Please see photos for best depiction of condition of this bag.

This is a unbranded tooled leather item. It appears to be handmade. When visiting Mexico in the late 70s we saw similar tooling on bags for sale in shops. Based on our knowledge that tooled leather goods have been hand crafted since the middle ages and companies like Tandy Leather Company have been providing resources to leathercrafters since 1919, along with the design and construction material used, it is our opinion that this leather item was created sometime between the mid 1970s and late 1980s.

About Tooled Leather Goods

Tooled Leather is leather that has been worked on with leather tools to carve in a design, pattern, initials or other image for the purpose of decorating the bag.

Tandy Leather Company, which specializes in marketing tooled leather products, says on its website that "Tandy Leather has been the resource for generations of leathercrafters on sale, providing quality leather, tools, kits and teaching resources since 1919. They also state tooled leather goes way back to the Middle Ages and the process of tooling leather was a closely guarded secret kept among Leather Guildsmen who handed it down from father to son who limited their tooling to basic geometric designs. However, when Cortez conquered Mexico in the 16th century Spanish leather craftsmen learned from those they conquered and expanded frin geometric designs to other patterns like flowers and animals. [ see more at http://www.tandyleather.com/en/leather-craft-abcs.html ]

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