The Porto
The maker's mark
Porto's walls are covered in blue-and-white azulejo tiles, botanical and bold. This structured mini bag carries the same idea in cloth, hand block-printed in cobalt botanicals on ivory cotton. Small, considered, and not quiet.
Specification
- Materials
- Hand block-printed cotton, fully lined
- Color
- Ivory ground, cobalt blue botanical
- Dimensions
- 5"L × 2"W × 4.5"H
- Silhouette
- Structured mini top-handle bag
- Closure
- Magnetic button
- Strap
- Detachable gold-tone chain, crossbody or top handle
- Interior
- Fully lined; holds cards, cash, lipstick, keys
- Cobalt botanical, hand block-printed
- Origin
- Handmade in India
- Production
- Small batch
- Vegan
- Yes, no animal products
Dispatched within 1 to 2 business days by FedEx Ground, arriving in 2 to 7 days across the U.S. Your tracking follows the moment it leaves us. Should it ever need to come home, you have 30 days from delivery.
What is hand block printing?
A design is carved into a teak block, dipped in dye, and pressed into the cotton by hand, one impression at a time. Every repeat is placed by hand, so no two pieces are exactly alike.
What fits inside?
A considered mini bag. At 5" wide and 4.5" tall it holds the essentials, cards, folded cash, lipstick, keys, and a compact phone.
How do I wear it?
Two ways. Attach the gold-tone chain for crossbody wear, or remove it and carry it by the top handle. The ivory ground works across every season.
Is it vegan?
Yes. Hand block-printed cotton with a soft cotton lining and a gold-tone metal chain. No animal products.
The story
This bag carries the same visual language in cloth. The cobalt botanical is carved into a teak block, dipped in dye, and pressed into white cotton one impression at a time. The printer moves across the full width of the fabric with steady, even pressure, keeping the leaves and flowers aligned from memory. The result is not a perfect repeat. It is a living one, each press slightly different from the last.
Blue on white, botanical, made by hand, built to outlast the moment it was made in. The Porto holds that in five inches of structured cotton.
Carry the blue.
The house of Gullye
Slow by hand.
Heirloom objects from the workshops of South Asia, made in editions, never in factories.
The Porto
Porto's walls are covered in blue-and-white azulejo tiles, botanical and bold. This structured mini bag carries the same idea in cloth, hand block-printed in cobalt botanicals on ivory cotton. Small, considered, and not quiet.
Gullye makes sculptural pieces by hand, in small editions, with master artisans in Jaipur. Once an edition sells out, it is retired.
The specification
The Porto is hand block-printed cotton on an ivory ground, and light grounds need more care. To clean, press the exterior gently with a soft damp cloth. Do not hand wash, machine wash, tumble dry, or dry clean. Keep perfume and makeup off the fabric and avoid prolonged direct sunlight. Store in the Gullye dust bag.
In confidence
In Porto, the tiles are everywhere, on church facades, on station walls, on ordinary houses. The Portuguese have been making these blue-and-white azulejos since the fifteenth century: botanical, geometric, each one placed by hand until a whole building becomes a surface for craft.
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