{"product_id":"hermes-kelly-28-noir-box-calf-palladium-hardware-2008","title":"Hermès Kelly 28 Noir Box Calf Palladium Hardware 2008","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eBox Calf is the oldest leather in the house, in continuous use since the 1890s and named for Joseph Box, the nineteenth-century English shoemaker associated with the tannage. It is smooth, semi-glossy, and boardy in the hand — rigid enough that a Kelly built in it holds its lines without help from anything else.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIt is also the leather that changes most with use. Box takes a patina: the tone deepens where the bag is handled, corners darken, fine scratches burnish back under a finger. Collectors who choose Box over a grained leather are choosing that trajectory on purpose and accepting that the surface records everything along the way.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn Noir the semi-gloss is at its most pronounced — under direct light the panels read almost lacquered, which is what separates a Box Kelly from a Togo one across a room.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBlind stamp [L] (2008). In excellent condition, with its original dust bag. Authenticated in-house.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hermès","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54578785517781,"sku":"H-0013","price":16600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0819\/3182\/9461\/files\/hb1_4046305.jpg?v=1787256615","url":"https:\/\/iconic-timepieces.com\/products\/hermes-kelly-28-noir-box-calf-palladium-hardware-2008","provider":"Iconic Timepieces","version":"1.0","type":"link"}