500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Sketch Now A Real Handbag
we can now add high end luxury handbags to the list of things Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci created. An Italian leather goods company has started manufacturing a beautiful leather purse that the artist/scientist sketched on a piece of paper over 500 years earlier.As reported by Styleite.com, luxury handbag maker Gherardini has produced a limited edition of Da Vinci’s purse, which historians say was sketched around 1497. The original design was filed away inThe Codex Atlanticus, a 12-volume book of notes, theorems and drawings that Da Vinci is believed to have amassed between 1478 to 1519. Along with the purse, there are drawings of weaponry, notes on botany, a few math problems and even a few ideas for flying devices. But we’re here for the bag.
They’re calling it the Pretiosa (that’s Italian for precious, by the way), mainly because of its detailed decoration and handcrafted construction. Each calfskin bag is adorned with hand-sewn embroidery and carries a hand etched brass handlebar. There are only 99 in existence, and while we don’t know what the price is going to be, we’d suggest saving your money and maybe finding someone who works for the company and taking them to a lovely meal. The bags go on sale March 1.
And in case you’re not sold on the idea yet, take a look at the creation of the bag below.
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