The Wren — Woven Leather Tote Bag in Stone

Stone is a pale gray woven leather, and it is the least expected bag we make. It is the one we would steer you toward for spring and summer, and the one that will show a wine stain if you are careless. We supply it with a protector cloth for that reason.

It comes in two sizes. The small is 11.75″ (30 cm) wide, 9.5″ (24 cm) high and 4.75″ (12 cm) deep, with a 9″ (23 cm) handle drop, and takes up to an 11-inch tablet, no laptop. The regular is 15″ (38 cm) wide, 11″ (28 cm) high and 5.5″ (14 cm) deep, with a 10.25″ (26 cm) handle drop, and takes up to a 13-inch laptop. Pick the size in the menu above; the price changes with it.

Buy it if a plain leather tote feels too plain and a straw bag feels too casual.

The leather

Pale stone gray full grain, cut into 12mm strands and woven by hand over a leather backing panel. Each strand is cut at a consistent 12mm from the same hide as our flat panel bags and woven over a leather backing, which is the step most woven totes skip. Gray woven leather catches light along every strand edge, so the panel is never as flat as a photograph makes it look.

How it is made

The seams that carry weight are hand stitched rather than machined, because a handle is what fails first on a tote. The base is cut as its own reinforced panel, so a full load sits flat instead of on a fold. A twill lining with three pockets, and it is stitched in, so a ruined lining is a repair rather than a write off. Dispatch is 4 to 6 working days from order, because nothing here sits on a shelf waiting.