Brand: Bottega Veneta Type: Continental Long Wallet Material: Intrecciato Woven Leather Exterior Colour: Red / Burgundy Hardware: Silver-tone Interior: Beige leather lining with multiple card slots, bill compartments, and one zip pocket Closure: Flap Made In: Italy Inclusions: Authenticity label with serial number Founded in Vicenza in 1966, Bottega Veneta established its reputation through an unwavering commitment to artisanal Italian leather craftsmanship. This continental wallet exemplifies the house's signature intrecciato technique—a labor-intensive process in which narrow strips of supple leather are hand-woven into a flexible, durable lattice. Rendered in a rich burgundy-red tone, the exterior displays the iconic checkerboard pattern that has become synonymous with the marque's philosophy of understated luxury. The interior unfolds to reveal multiple card slots and compartments in tonal beige leather, offering both organizational utility and the refined construction one expects from Veneto's master artisans. Notes from the Curator Thin strips of leather—known as fettucce—are cut with millimetric precision and then woven by hand, a process introduced by the house in the late 1960s to solve a mechanical problem facing Vicenza's artisans, whose sewing machines were designed to work with cloth not leather. The leather was then woven into the intrecciato pattern to make the material stronger and more durable for accessories, transforming a constraint into the brand's enduring signature. This continental wallet features the diagonal lattice rendered in a rich burgundy red, a tone with particular resonance in the house's history; the burgundy red Intrecciato leather clutch is particularly famous from the early 1980s. The wallet's beige leather interior—organized with multiple card slots, open compartments, and a zippered pocket—mirrors the same meticulous construction applied to the house's celebrated handbags, embodying the credo "When your own initials are enough": quality that requires no visible logo.