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15.5 in H x 16.5 in W Notes from the Curator The Watercolor Clover line reimagined Chanel's signature flap bags and totes with a canvas print that mimics hand-painted tweed, translating the maison's couture textile heritage into a soft, diffused palette. This large tote, with its pale handles and beige leather trim, demonstrates the format's more capacious utility-focused iteration, accompanied by the line's signature clover charm dangling from the zipper. Technically rendered in canvas rather than woven tweed, the watercolor finish achieves a painterly softness that stands apart from the sharper houndstooth and metallic-threaded tweeds Chanel deployed in the same period. The pattern's loose, almost impressionistic brushstrokes in coral, mint, and lilac evoke early-2010s experimentation with graphic surface treatments, a moment when the house explored how far a traditional fabric could bend before it became something else entirely. Each tweed pattern reveals the origin of its collection, and this watercolor iteration captures a brief turn toward the gestural and romantic, offering collectors a rare glimpse of Chanel in a softer, less architectural register than the quilted leather lines that dominate its archive.

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