Brand: Gucci Material: Coated canvas Exterior Colour: Ivory/Off-White Hardware: Silver-tone metal with Gucci engravings Closure: Zip Dimensions: 11" W x 10" H x 3.5" D (approx.) Interior: Tan fabric lining with zip pocket Handles: Dual short top handles with leather trim Inclusions: Controlato card Made In: Italy This structured tote exemplifies Gucci's long-standing command of functional luxury. Executed in ribbed coated canvas—a practical, hardwearing material favoured by the house for its resilience—the bag takes an ivory ground and pairs it with silver-tone hardware bearing the Gucci name. Dual top handles finished in leather trim offer comfortable carriage, while the zip closure secures a roomy interior lined in tan fabric. The design speaks to an era when Italian craftsmanship prioritised durability alongside elegance, a marriage of form and utility that has remained central to the Florentine atelier's reputation for over a century. Notes from the Curator The controllato card—"controllato" meaning "checked" in Italian—signals that this tote passed through Gucci's quality control process, a practice formalized in the late 1970s to early 1980s when the house reintroduced serial numbers in its Accessory Collection. During the Second World War leather became scarce, and Gucci began working with coated canvas featuring a repeating pattern, giving birth to the iconic Gucci monogram; this ribbed ivory canvas represents a later evolution of that wartime innovation, trading decorative pattern for structural texture. The house's craftsmanship draws upon its origins in elite equestrian style and Florentine leather finishing, skills employed by the highly skilled Florentine leather finishers Guccio Gucci hired, and those same artisans treated the leather trim on bags like this one. The coated canvas was designed to be durable, lightweight, and practical while still maintaining a sense of style and craftsmanship. The structured silhouette and zip closure align with the brand's luggage heritage; Gucci and his sons produced high-quality luggage for which they became well known, and from 1935 to 1936 an embargo forced them to come up with an alternative material, sparking the creation of the original diamante canvas, the precursor to fabrics such as this.