Hermès 40cm Vert Olive Barenia Leather & Crinoline Birkin Bag with Gold Hardware. F Square, 2002 . Condition: 4. 1...

Description

Hermès 40cm Vert Olive Barenia Leather & Crinoline Birkin Bag with Gold Hardware
F Square, 2002
Condition: 4
15.5" Width x 11" Height x 8" Depth
This bag is done in Vert Olive Barenia Leather and Crinoline with Gold Hardware, featuring rolled top handles and a flap top with a turnlock closure. The interior is done in Herringbone Toile featuring one slip pocket on each side. This bag includes two keys, a lock, and a clochette.

The protective plastic is intact on all of the hardware except for the pontets and touret that show minor scratching. The Barenia Leather shows scratching and patina throughout with mild to moderate rubbing to the base corners, some water spots to the right rear face corner and base together with a minor brown spot to the base. The Crinoline also shows has imperfections consistent with age and wear and there is a deeper crease to the front face of the bag from that storage that causes the bag to lean forward. The interior has similar scratching, scuffing, and patina to the Barenia Leather accents and there is some veining to the front slip pocket. The toile has brown-colored spotting throughout and there is scratching to the clochette.

Condition Rankings:

1 - Like New, shows little to no evidence of wear, age or handling.
2 - Exceptionally well-maintained, very minor signs of use, wear, age, or handling.
3 - Pre-Loved, gently used with slight signs of wear. See extended condition report for details.
4 - Pre-Loved, exhibits signs of wear and regular use. See extended condition report for details.

References to gold or silver hardware, unless otherwise specified, describes the color and is not meant to infer the type of metal.

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