MEMORY CARD HOLDER
€280.00
Created in collaboration with La Perruque, a Parisian leather atelier, the Memory Card Holder pays tribute to the souvenir wallets brought back by American soldiers during the Korean War.
Crafted in full-grain Baranil calfskin from Degermann tannery, it combines durability with refinement and a distinctive hand feel.
Each piece is hand-painted by a Paris-based artist, depicting a tiger framed by French and Japanese flags, referencing mid-century military and popular iconography.
Handmade in La Perruque’s Paris workshop, it features saddle stitching, hand-painted edges and meticulous finishing.
Designed to hold up to ten cards while maintaining a slim profile, it balances practicality and elegance.
More than an accessory, the Memory Card Holder embodies the meeting point between French craftsmanship and historical narrative.
Context
During the Korean War, American soldiers purchased small souvenir objects in ports across Japan and Europe.
Hand-painted card holders were among these intimate keepsakes, often decorated with tigers, flags and symbolic imagery.
The Memory Card Holder revives this tradition, transforming a daily essential into a portable fragment of memory.
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Credit card size: 10 cm × 6.6 cm
Two external slots and one central compartment
Edges hand-painted and finished with beeswax
Each seam secured with three hand-sewn saddle stitches
Hand-painted design
Entirely crafted and hand-painted in Paris
Exterior in vegetable-tanned veau ingrassato: full-grain calfskin from the Tuscan tannery Lo Stivale
Unlined interior: full-thickness calf leather
Thanks to its untreated vegetable tanning, this leather will develop a natural patina and gradually darken with use and exposure to sunlight.
Can be cleaned with a soft, slightly damp cloth.