The largest and most worked piece we offer. Every panel of this travel bag is carved with flowing floral scrolls and set off with a hand-painted turquoise ground, so it takes many days of hand work to finish one. Made from thick full-grain buffalo leather, it is built to travel with you for decades and gather a patina along the way.
- Carved and painted on every panel
- Front pocket with engraved buckle
- Top and end zip compartments
- Rolled carry handles and detachable tooled shoulder strap
Specifications
| Product code |
CH-SIG-DUF |
| Leather |
Thick full-grain buffalo leather, vegetable-tanned |
| Size |
22 in long |
| Capacity |
41 to 50 L |
| Closure |
Zip |
| Handles |
Dual rolled handles |
| Strap |
Adjustable, detachable |
| Finish |
Hand-carved, hand-painted, hand-laced |
Prices and minimum order
| Colour |
Retail (1 piece) |
Bulk price per piece |
MOQ |
| Tan with turquoise |
₹18,150 |
₹12,500 |
25 pieces |
Bulk and B2B orders: minimum 25 pieces per design. Choose the bulk option above to order a 25-piece lot, or write to us for mixed colours, custom sizes and private-label work. Terms: 70% advance, 30% on completion before dispatch, by bank transfer. Handmade pieces take about 8 weeks to make.
How it is made
Each piece starts as a hide of vegetable-tanned buffalo leather, about 1.4 mm thick. The artisan traces the pattern onto dampened leather, cuts every outline freehand with a swivel knife, then shapes the design with hand tools and a wooden mallet: bevelers raise the flowers, backgrounders press the ground down, pear shaders add contour, seeders mark the flower centres and veiners draw the leaves, so the flowers and scrolls stand up in relief. Colour is brushed on by hand, one shade at a time, an antique patina is rubbed into the cuts and wiped off the raised surface to give the carving depth, and the edges are hand-laced with leather thongs. One artisan takes a piece from the first cut to the last stitch, in a small women-run workshop in South India, so no two pieces are exactly alike. The carving follows Western floral and scroll patterns: deep, sculpted and full of movement. That sets it apart from Shantiniketan leatherwork of Bengal, which is made on thinner E.I. (East India) tanned goat or sheep leather and decorated with regional folk motifs. Thick buffalo leather like this softens with use and darkens into a rich patina, so the bag looks better in ten years than on the day you buy it. It is a piece of hand art made to be kept and handed on.
Care: Store in a dry place, keep it dry, and wipe occasionally with a soft, dry cotton cloth.
Contact: email rajatprabha92.5@gmail.com, call or WhatsApp +91 98117 12825, or visit our showroom at D-02/07 (3rd Floor), India Exposition Mart, Greater Noida. Please quote the product code when you write.
