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Hermès Birkin 20 Sellier Bouclerie Moderne Casaque Noir Chèvre Chamkila Palladium Hardware
The Bouclerie Moderne Casaque takes its subject from the Hermès bouclerie, the buckle-making atelier where the house's saddlery hardware originates.
The object record
- Condition
- 1 – Pristine
- Date stamp
- W (2024)
- Material
- Chèvre Chamkila
- Made in
- France
- Color
- Noir (89) / Multicolor beadwork
- Metallic finish
- Palladium
- Interior
- Noir Chèvre
- Dimensions
- L 20 × H 16 × D 10 cm | L 7.9" × H 6.3" × D 3.9"
- Includes
- Full Set
- Care
- Protect from humidity, prolonged light and extreme heat, and seek an appropriate assessment before treatment. Care Guide
The story behind the Birkin
Originated in 1984 from a conversation between Jane Birkin and Hermès Executive Chairman Jean-Louis Dumas; its structural lineage traces to the Haut à Courroies. Familiar sizes are 25, 30, 35 and 40 cm, alongside miniature, shoulder and travel versions, in both Retourné and Sellier construction.
Discover Hermès Birkin BagsAcross the front of the Birkin 20 Sellier, archival belt and harness buckles are rendered as hand-applied beadwork, each motif built bead by bead in its own colorway against the Noir ground. Casaque refers to jockey racing silks, and the palette carries that register: racing reds, teals, ochres, and blues set against black. Hermès released a matching scarf the same year, making the bag one half of a paired equestrian composition.
The body is Noir Chèvre Chamkila, a goatskin with a fine pressed grain and subtle sheen that holds the Sellier construction's rigid edges at this scale, with tonal stitching keeping the beadwork as the only color event. Palladium hardware stays cool against the black. The interior is lined in Noir Chèvre with a rear slip pocket.
Collector's Insight:
Nearly every Birkin 20 produced since the size debuted in 2019 has been either a Faubourg edition or an exotic, which makes the Bouclerie Moderne Casaque one of the first creative leather editions in the format and a signal of a new direction for the size. The hand-beaded construction places it closer to the house's Métiers d'Art output than to standard limited editions: each buckle motif requires individual application, and no two units carry identical beadwork.
Resale Insight:
The Birkin 20 trades in its own niche at premiums comparable to the Mini Kelly 20 II, driven by scarcity in the format rather than color cycles, and editioned examples price above the format's baseline. As one of the few leather B20s in circulation, the Casaque draws both micro-bag collectors and equestrian-theme collectors.
Condition, defined +
Every piece is graded on the JANEFINDS five-tier scale: 1 Pristine, 2 Excellent, 3 Very Good, 4 Good, 5 Vintage, Well-Loved. Each tier is defined in writing in The Condition Guide.
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Returns +
This piece is final sale and is not eligible for return or refund. Full details in our Returns and Exchanges policy.
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The Condition Guide
