Hermès Herbag, black — canvas and strap re-dyed

A Hermès Herbag with a black canvas body and a black leather flap and strap. The canvas had faded to a whitish, dusty-looking black, and the colour had worn off the edges of the shoulder strap, exposing pale cut edges.

The pale cut edges of the strap are visible.Before · photo 3

The original black. The canvas body and the strap were worked on.

1. Cleaning
2. Matching the colour separately for canvas and leather
3. Dyeing the canvas
4. Preparing the strap edges and finishing them in black
5. Finishing

Canvas and leather take dye differently, so each colour was mixed separately.

The canvas was dyed without filling its weave; the padlock and the metal fittings were not touched.

The pale cut edges of the strap are now black.Before · photo 3 / After · photo 6

The whitish cast on the canvas is gone.Before · photo 2 / After · photo 2

No particular limits were noted. Any difference the leather keeps is explained before work begins.

The full front shots before and after have different backgrounds.

The same spot, shot from a similar angle. An overlay opens once the two photos have been checked for alignment.