Friday, October 9, 2026

Oh, patents! Vintage Gucci® bag (3)

 Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

The vintage Gucci® Dionysus bag is a patented design. The US design patent, USD798046S, titled, Handbag, was awarded to Alessandro Michel on  September 26, 2017, and assigned to  Guccio Gucci S.p.A., in  Florence, Italy. 

The below patent Figure 1 depicts a front perspective view of the inventive design.  The chain appears with a symbolic break to indicate that the patent does not cover any part that might appear between the break, considering that the chain might slide as a single shoulder strap or double-up as a handle. 

The small emerald-green marketed Gucci® Dionysus bag, shown next to the patent Figure 1, is made of pebbled calfskin leather. The shoulder strap drop is 14.75 inches. The handle drop is 8.5 inches. The two-tone palladium-and-gold hardware, with inlaid green crystals, depicts the “twice-born” Greek God of wine Dionysus.  



Reference
Gucci® (website)
https://www.gucci.com/

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