The Vendôme
The maker's mark
Place Vendôme is where the world goes to buy something it will never forget, and this bag is built in that spirit. A dome frame clutch in hand block-printed floral cotton, closed by a warm wooden ball-top frame, with vibrant blooms on cream. Carried three ways.
Specification
- Materials
- Hand block-printed cotton, soft cotton lining
- Full-color botanical floral, pink, yellow, orange on cream
- Frame
- Smooth natural wood, ball-top, dome silhouette
- Dimensions
- 11"L × 4"W × 8"H
- Silhouette
- Dome frame clutch
- Closure
- Magnetic, hidden beneath the wooden frame
- Strap
- Detachable metal sling, worn as clutch, shoulder, or crossbody
- Interior
- Phone, small wallet, touch-up essentials
- 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 makes the wooden frame special?
The smooth natural wood ball-top frame is the defining detail and the rarest in the collection. Most frame clutches use metal; the wooden frame is warmer, quieter, and more tactile, with a magnetic closure hidden beneath the dome.
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, so no two bags are exactly alike.
How do I carry it?
Three ways. By the wooden frame as a clutch, on the detachable sling over the shoulder, or lengthened for crossbody.
What fits inside?
At 11" wide and 8" tall it is generous for a frame clutch, phone, small wallet, keys, lipstick, and touch-up essentials. It carries a full evening in one hand.
Is it vegan?
Yes. Hand block-printed cotton, soft cotton lining, and a natural wood frame. No animal products.
The story
The Vendôme was named to that standard, and the wooden ball-top frame is its signature, warm and tactile in a way metal hardware never is. Where other clutches close with a click of cold metal, this one closes with the quiet press of a wooden dome that sits in the palm. The frame is not decorative. It is the personality of the bag.
The fabric beneath it is hand block-printed, full-color botanicals in pink, yellow, and orange on cream cotton, pressed one block at a time by a printer who has the repeat by memory. The print is lush and unapologetic. At eleven inches it carries a full evening or a light day, and the detachable sling takes it from clutch to shoulder to crossbody without changing the conversation.
The address says everything. So does the bag.
The house of Gullye
Slow by hand.
Heirloom objects from the workshops of South Asia, made in editions, never in factories.
The Vendôme
Place Vendôme is where the world goes to buy something it will never forget, and this bag is built in that spirit. A dome frame clutch in hand block-printed floral cotton, closed by a warm wooden ball-top frame, with vibrant blooms on cream. Carried three ways.
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 Vendôme has two materials, the block-printed cotton and the natural wooden frame. For the fabric: press the exterior gently with a soft damp cloth, and do not hand wash, machine wash, tumble dry, or dry clean. For the wood: wipe with a dry soft cloth only, and keep it away from water and humidity, which can warp or discolor natural wood. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight. Store in the Gullye dust bag.
In confidence
Place Vendôme is an octagonal square in the first arrondissement of Paris, home to Cartier and the Ritz, built to be looked at. The address has always been the statement.
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