Curatorial Description

CHANEL · Black Leather Jacket with Jewel & Pearls Embellishment — Paris / MONACO Métiers d’Art, Karl Lagerfeld: Chanel in its night-jewel register: aristocratic, cinematic, and dangerously elegant // Boutique value: over $16,000 · Comparable boutique-level pieces today start around $35,000 — Not merely outerwear. A museum-level acquisition — — Lagerfeld takes the discipline of a fitted leather coat and crowns it with pearl-jewel embellishment: lucky charms, House symbols, and luminous talisman details gathered at the collar like a private constellation // Size mark 38 FR / Condition: kept without using // — House Codes · Material Authority — • Exquisite black leather — supple, sculptural, and light-catching, with the depth of polished obsidian • Elegant fitted construction — shaped through the waist, balanced through the shoulders, composed with architectural precision — Jewels · Pearls · Lucky-Charms Language —  • Lagerfeld crowns it with pearl-jewel embellishment: lucky charms, House symbols, and luminous talisman details gathered at the collar like a private constellation • House-symbol detailing throughout — not decoration, but coded identity: Coco Chanel’s mythology rendered in metal, pearl, and shine • Metallic chain-link trim accents — the Chanel chain transformed into visible ornament, a border of discipline and luxury — Inner Architecture — • Shearling lining inside — rare, luxurious, and deeply tactile: warmth as hidden opulence