Brand: Bottega Veneta Type: Continental Zip-Around Wallet Style Number: 114076 Material: Intrecciato Woven Leather Exterior Colour: Tan / Camel Hardware: Gold-Tone Dimensions: 7.5" W x 4" H x 1" D (approx.) Interior: Multiple card slots, zip coin compartment, bill compartments Lining: Leather Closure: Zip-Around Origin: Made in Italy Year: 2008 Inclusions: Authenticity certificate label Founded in 1966 in the Veneto region of Italy, Bottega Veneta has built its reputation on exquisite leather craftsmanship and the iconic Intrecciato weave, a technique that interlaces narrow strips of leather to create a supple, durable surface. This continental zip-around wallet exemplifies that artistry, its hand-woven nappa leather arranged in the house's signature pattern across every surface. The practical interior features multiple card slots, a zipped coin compartment, and bill pockets, all finished in matching leather. The design balances security with accessibility, the continuous zipper enclosing contents within a slim, refined silhouette suited to everyday use or travel. Notes from the Curator Introduced in 1975, each strip of nappa leather is cut with millimetric precision and hand-woven to form the house's signature Intrecciato, a technique born from necessity in the Veneto workshops where sewing machines were designed to work with cloth, requiring artisans to use super-fine leather that could pass beneath the needle. This continental zip-around wallet—style 114076, produced in 2008—demonstrates the weave at its most refined, the narrow leather strips interlaced across every exterior surface to create a surface that is both supple and structural. Making the intrecciato requires years of training for each craftsperson, and the diagonal tension must remain flawlessly consistent throughout. The design's encircling zipper, finished in gold-tone hardware, secures multiple card slots, bill compartments, and a centre coin pocket, all lined in matching leather—an architecture of discrete compartments suited to the traveller or collector who prefers function cloaked in Vicenzan restraint. "When your own initials are enough" became the brand's manifesto, and this wallet requires no additional ornament.