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Brand: Céline Line/Model: Macadam Style: Boston/Barrel Satchel Material: Macadam coated canvas with leather trim Exterior Colour: Tan/Brown Hardware: Gold-tone metal Closure: Dual zip-around Handles: Dual rolled leather top handles Dimensions: 18" W x 9.5" H x 7" D (approx.) Hardware Details: Gold-tone feet, zipper pulls, and branded snaps Interior: Brown suede-effect lining with zip pocket Inclusions: Bag only Céline's Macadam line represents the storied Parisian house's embrace of emblematic motif during the height of logo-driven luxury. This barrel-form satchel renders the Blason monogram across coated canvas, a technique that marries durability with the house's signature restraint. Structured by leather corner panels and grounded on protective metal feet, the silhouette balances travel-ready utility with the polish expected of fine French leather goods. The dual zip-around closure and rolled handles recall the silhouette of classic Boston bags, while the suede-toned interior echoes Céline's dedication to refined finishing. A design rooted in the house's decades-long mastery of accessible elegance. Notes from the Curator The Macadam canvas and the Triomphe motif were forged during the 1970s and 1980s, omnipresent from the 70s to the 90s and conceived as a tribute to the macadam flooring material laid in Paris in 1854. This barrel-form Boston satchel belongs to that era of coated-canvas travel pieces—production circa the 1980s to 1990s—when the house framed its interlocking geometric monogram with natural leather trim and gold-tone hardware as the hallmark of French discretion. The dual zip-around closure and rolled top handles derive from classic luggage design, an echo of the nineteenth-century doctor's bag reinterpreted for the jet-set traveller of the Reagan years. Céline Vipiana debuted the Blazon Chaîne motif in 1973, inspired by chain links around the Arc de Triomphe, and the Macadam pattern carries that same Parisian symbolism into a repeating field. Grounded on protective metal feet and lined in soft suede-effect fabric, the silhouette balances structure with portability, a testament to the house's refusal to choose between elegance and the demands of real life.

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