Leather
What it is cut fromCoated canvas · Grained calf · Lambskin · Exotic
House · IVThe Lovenhall Registry№ IV
House of the Leather
Lovenhall Bag
The house's room for handbags — its instrument, the free calculators that sit beside it, and the notes behind both.
Free on iPhone & iPad. The tools below are free to use here, in the browser.
№ IV · iPhone & iPadNº I · The Instrument
Bag Identifier
Recognises handbags and purses and estimates their value from a photograph — a sanity check before buying, selling, or paying for an authentication.
Recognition of handbags and purses
A range to start from
Orientation before a deeper authentication
Open on the App Store
Free to try. Any figure it gives is an estimate, not an appraisal.
Nº II · In the Hand
Three moves, and you have a figure
You photograph it. The instrument reads it. You know where you stand.
I
You photograph it
One photograph. Nothing to fill in, nothing to send away.
II
It reads what it sees
The reading happens there and then, on the phone.
III
You have a figure to work from
A range, in seconds — enough to know where you stand.
Nº III · Anatomy of a Bag
Six places a bag is read
The same six an authenticator checks, and in the same order.
Stitching
Count and angleEven count · Matched sides · Waxed thread · Tight corners
Hardware
Weight and platingEngraving depth · Zip pull · Feet · Clasp action
Lining
Where corners are cutMaterial · Colour · Pockets · Finish
Heat stamp
The house's own handLetter shape · Spacing · Depth · Placement
Date code
When and whereFormat · Era · Microchip · Serial plate
Nº IV · The Free Tools
Free tools of the room
A range to orient you, in seconds.
Date Code ReaderDecode a handbag date codeSoon
Nº V · Field Notes
On the reading of handbags
- The house sets the floor and the model sets the ceiling: a recognised classic holds, a seasonal print does not.
- Condition is priced on corners, handles, hardware plating and the interior — in that order.
- Box, dust bag and a dated receipt are worth real money on anything a buyer might worry about authenticating.
Lovenhall BagWrite about a bag
A bag the instrument could not place, a date code that makes no sense, or a question the field notes do not answer — the house is glad to hear it.