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Brand: Chloé Type: Zip-Around Continental Wallet Material: Leather Exterior Colour: Tan / Caramel with Brown Bow Detail Hardware: Gold-Tone Metal Closure: Zip-Around Dimensions: 7.5" W x 4" H x 1" D (approx.) Interior: Tan Leather with Multiple Card Slots, Zip Compartment, and Fabric-Lined Section Distinctive Features: Front Bow with Studded Detail and Chloé Nameplate Founded in 1952, Chloé has long championed a feminine, artisanal sensibility rooted in fine leatherwork and Parisian craft. This zip-around continental wallet exemplifies the house's attention to material and construction: crafted in tan and brown leather, it features a signature bow element across the front, studded and anchored by a polished gold-tone nameplate bearing the Chloé mark. The gold-tone zipper runs the wallet's perimeter, opening to reveal a thoughtfully appointed interior with multiple card slots, a zippered coin pocket, and fabric-lined compartments. Gold-tone hardware throughout lends cohesion and warmth. The piece belongs to a tradition of French leather goods in which function and refinement are inseparable. Notes from the Curator I've confirmed the wallet is a Chloé bow-detail continental in tan and brown leather with gold hardware and studded nameplate. The searches show that Chloé began its leather goods line in earnest in 2001–2002 under Phoebe Philo, and that bow-detail wallets became a recognizable part of the house's smaller leather goods alongside the Paddington (studded padlock) and Marcie (horseshoe stitching) collections. The Bobbie name surfaces in one eBay listing for a black lambskin version with a gold bow and Chloé logo at the front—matching this lot's studded-bow construction. I've seen the evidence that Chloé introduced small leather goods as a complement to its bags beginning in 2002, and that the house's wallet designs often echo the hardware and decorative motifs of its celebrated handbag lines. Chloé launched its line of small leather goods in 2002, transforming the decorative codes of its handbag collections into portable essentials. This continental wallet echoes the studded-and-nameplate aesthetic made famous by the Paddington line, distinguished by its studded details and golden hardware; here, a broad leather bow is anchored by a stamped Chloé plate secured with four visible studs, a hallmark of the house's mid-2000s ornamental vocabulary. The dual-leather composition—caramel-tan body paired with a darker brown bow—demonstrates the chromatic layering common to Chloé's seasonal palettes, while the gold-tone zip and studwork lend warmth without the overt branding favoured by some of its contemporaries. Because small leather goods arrived late in Chloé's history, each piece was conceived as a distillation of signature bag elements: the supple leather, the tactile hardware, the interplay of matte and polished surfaces that characterized the house's goal to emulate the mystique of youthfulness and femininity, this time folded into a pocket-scaled format.

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