Vintage Celine Sulky Canvas Tote Late 1980s Beige Navy

Double leather handles arc over a structured rectangular tote, its surface printed in Celine’s signature Sulky motif: navy horse-and-carriage silhouettes repeating across beige coated canvas, framed by cream and navy leather trim. Silver-tone hardware secures the handles at the base with D-ring attachments, while a snap closure holds the top edge together. The absence of overt logos leaves the motif and construction to speak — a deliberate restraint.

Celine’s Sulky canvas defined the house’s accessories through the late 1980s and 1990s, an era when French equestrian codes were woven into everyday city shapes. This bag belongs to the Céline Vipiana years, when the repeated carriage print was both a nod to the maison’s roots and a subtle assertion of its own world, parallel to Hermès but with its own pace. The motif on this piece is a direct carryover from that moment, before Michael Kors’ appointment in 1997 brought a new vocabulary.

The interior is lined in pale beige fabric and fitted with one zip and two slip pockets for separation of essentials. Condition is good with minor corner wear and stains on the canvas, as well as localized material damage.

Era: Late 1980s–1990s (visual dating; Sulky motif and construction)
Condition: Good — minor corner wear and stains on the canvas; localized material damage
Material: Sulky horse-and-carriage motif coated canvas with leather trim, silver-tone hardware
Colour: Beige and navy Sulky motif canvas exterior with light cream and navy leather trim; silver-tone hardware; beige fabric lining
Dimensions: W 33.5 × H 19.5 × D 13 cm
Serial: SC ST 1036
Made in: France