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Chanel 2010 Black Shoulder Caviar Bag

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21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Handbags and Purses

$4,598

H 4.34 in W 5.91 in

Chanel Wenge Mini Quilted Wood Square Flap Bag Pink Shoulder Bag

By Chanel

Located in Guangzhou, CN

Condition: Chanel wenge mini quilted wood square flap bag pink shoulderbag Italy，The condition is as depicted in the image. Accessories: Dust bag. size: Width:17cm,height:11cm Des...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Bags and Minaudières

Chanel New Black Calfskin Flap Bag

$3,999

$6,402

H 7.49 in W 9.85 in

Chanel Vintage Timeless Single Flap Small Lambskin Leather Bag

By Chanel

Located in London, GB

Chanel Vintage Timeless Single Flap Small Lambskin Leather Bag Black smooth lambskin leather bag detailed with signature quilted diamond stitching. Featuring 24k gold plated 'CC' t...

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1990s Shoulder Bags

Chanel Black Shiny Lambskin Quilted Extra Mini Flap Bag

$2,550

Chanel Black Shiny Lambskin Quilted Extra Mini Flap Bag

By Chanel

Located in New York, NY

LListing Title: Chanel Black Shiny Lambskin Quilted Extra Mini Flap Bag SKU: 155918 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: No house has shaped the fashion landscape quite like C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Structured Shoulder Bags

Chanel Classic Small Double Flap Lambskin Black Quilted Bag

$6,197

$2,800

H 6.5 in W 8.75 in D 2.5 in

Chanel Vintage Quilted Lambskin Full Flap Shoulder Bag

By Chanel

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

This Chanel Quilted Lambskin Full Flap Shoulder Bag is crafted from supple quilted lambskin leather with a quilted interlocking CC on the front. The full front flap with magnetic clo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags

Chanel Black Calfskin Smooth Small Trendy CC Flap Bag

$4,050

Chanel Black Calfskin Smooth Small Trendy CC Flap Bag

By Chanel

Located in New York, NY

Listing Title: Chanel Black Calfskin Smooth Small Trendy CC Flap Bag SKU: Z150764 Condition: Pre-owned Condition Description: A timeless classic that never goes out of style, the fl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Shoulder Bags

Chanel Vintage Classic Quilted Patent Single Jumbo Flap Bag

$3,150

H 7.9 in W 11.8 in D 3.75 in

Chanel Vintage Classic Quilted Patent Single Jumbo Flap Bag

By Chanel

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

This Chanel Patent Quilted Jumbo Single Flap is crafted of fine diamond-quilted glossy patent leather. The bag features leather threaded gold chain shoulder straps and a facing half ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Structured Shoulder Bags

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$875

$24,999

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Hermès Birkin 30 Black Togo Palladium

By Hermès

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Hermès authentic birkin 30 cm in black Togo leather and palladium hardware. Comes with clochette, tirette, lock and two keys. First letter X. Comes with rain protection, booklet, ori...

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21st Century and Contemporary French Top Handle Bags

Hermes Birkin Limited Edition 35 Diamond Bordeaux Porosus Crocodile Bag

$335,680

Size: 35 cm

Hermes Birkin Limited Edition 35 Diamond Bordeaux Porosus Crocodile Bag

By Hermès

Located in Miami, FL

Mightychic offers an exceptional limited edition Hermes Birkin 35 Diamond Porosus Crocodile bag featured in stunning jewel-toned Bordeaux. This rare masterpiece features 18K White Go...

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21st Century and Contemporary French Top Handle Bags

$11,024

H 7.88 in D 3.15 in L 12.6 in

Chanel Leather Bag Entirely Sewn with Sequins, 2018

By Chanel

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

Chanel - (Made in Italy) Leather bag entirely sewn with sequins, and with silvery metal elements. Spring-Summer 2018 Collection. Sold with its serial number and certificate of authen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Crossbody Bags and Messenger Bags

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Chanel Flap Handbags For Sale on 1stDibs

Find an extraordinary variety of chanel flap handbags available on 1stDibs. Our collection of chanel flap handbags includes a variety of colors, spanning Black, Beige, Gray and more. If you’re looking for accessories from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find some that date back to the 18th Century while other versions may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When shopping for these accessories, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for men or unisex today than there are for women.

How Much are Chanel Flap Handbags?

On average, chanel flap handbags on 1stDibs sell for $3,322, while they’re typically $320 on the low end and $57,000 for the highest priced versions of these items.

Chanel for sale on 1stDibs

In the years following the opening of her modest millinery shop, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel became a pivotal designer of both fashionable casual wear and Paris haute couture as well as an icon and arbiter of 20th-century style with her bob haircut and pearls. Today vintage Chanel handbags, jackets and evening dresses are among the most sought-after clothing and accessories for fashion lovers all over the world.

The first Chanel shop was established in 1910 in Paris on rue Cambon by the young milliner Gabrielle Chanel (1883–1971), who had picked up the nickname “Coco” while working as a club singer. The boutique drew the attention of the Parisian fashion elite who popularized her wide-brimmed Chanel Modes hats. Soon she added a sportswear store in the Normandy resort town of Deauville, where Coco set the tone for her defining sense of style — traditionally masculine garments reimagined for feminine shapes, made from simple jersey fabric.

Effortless and elegant, Chanel's designs promoted comfort and grace in women’s wear that had been dominated in the previous century by complicated layers of fabric and cumbersome corsets. She followed this success with a couture house, opened in 1915 in Biarritz.

But Chanel was not born into a life of glamour. Following the death of her mother, her father left her in an orphanage where she lived until the age of 18. It was there that she learned to sew as well as appreciate the classic pairing of black and white as worn by the nuns.

In 1926, Chanel introduced her first little black dress, reclaiming a color that had once been reserved for mourning and working-class women. That same decade, she debuted her perfume, Chanel No. 5, as well as the Chanel suit with a fitted skirt, inspired by the boxy lines of men’s clothing and employing a sporty tweed.

Chanel closed her fashion operations during World War II, then returned to the industry in 1954 to design for the functional needs of modern women.

Structure and wearability endured in all of Chanel’s clothing and accessories, like the quilted leather 2.55 handbag — a 1955 update of a 1920s-era design — with its gold-chain shoulder strap that freed up a woman’s hands. The 1957 two-tone slingback pumps had a practical heel height while offering a bold statement in the black tip of the shoes. Her collarless jacket reacted against the constricting styles of Christian Dior's New Look, replacing them with a design that was timeless, an instant classic.

After Coco Chanel died in 1971, the brand underwent several changes in leadership, including fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who took over as artistic director in 1983. His collections for Chanel displayed his knack for synthesizing old and new, high and low. Lagerfeld revived Chanel ballet flats and thoroughly embraced the classic logo's interlocking CCs, which took the form of a clasp featured on so many of the rare Chanel bags that are much sought after today.

Vintage Karl Lagerfeld designs for Chanel dresses, coats and other clothing of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s riffed on its iconography, accenting a lexicon of Chanel-isms with tastes of the moment. And as the 1990s have become associated with styles adopted by today’s supermodels and influencers, vintage Chanel bags of the 1990s are among the most prized of the brand’s offerings.

Over the years, the company has continued to innovate, such as expanding into ready-to-wear fashion in 1978 and, in 2002, establishing a subsidiary company — Paraffection — dedicated to preserving the heritage skills of fashion artisan workshops. The House of Chanel still operates its flagship on rue Cambon in Paris, where it all began.

Browse vintage Chanel bags, evening dresses, shoes, jewelry and other clothing and accessories on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Handbags And Purses for You

An integral part of fashion, handbags and purses have been indispensable accessories ever since we began to carry around personal items. Level of craftsmanship, style and shape matters — from coin purses in ancient Greece to early 20th-century opera bags and onward, handbags have evolved considerably over the years to meet our needs and desires, whether or not you happen to be prioritizing functionality over a flashy exterior.

Once, a single “It” handbag ruled each fashion season. No more. Today, lovers of vintage handbags are savvier and have a wider range of shopping options. Nevertheless, classics created by the likes of Louis Vuitton, Dior and Balenciaga still rule.

“It is not a fashion bag — it is a statement bag,” says Mightychic's Debra Kent of Hermès's widely beloved accessories. “When you carry an iconic Hermès bag — Birkin, Kelly, Constance — no one knows how long you have been into this culture or if you are a newbie. Your status is validated immediately.”

First released in 1997, Fendi's Baguette rose to fame along with Carrie Bradshaw, the Sex and the City character portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Recently, the design has seen such a resurgence in popularity that Fendi has reissued it.

They are part of design history, so owning a handbag has meaning. As New York–based fashion historian Sarah C. Byrd says, “You have made the choice to invest in this piece because you understand the value of it in the past and in the future to come.”

From a 1980s Chanel black leather quilted mini buckle bag to the rare Hermès Birkin 30cm Himalayan with diamond hardware to a range of 19th-century bags, find a rich variety of vintage and designer handbags and purses spanning numerous brands on 1stDibs — seasonal “It” designation no longer needed.

With a Wink, Karl Lagerfeld Sent This Egg-Carton-Shaped Chanel Bag Down the Runway

For the brand’s 2014–15 ready-to-wear show in Paris, the designer was inspired by a most unexpected place: the supermarket.

A Chanel Wicker Handbag Gives Impossibly Chic Picnic Vibes

Only Chanel could elevate humble materials like denim and wicker to icon-level status.

Chanel’s Boy Brick Lego Bag Transforms a Barcode into Art

In the hands of Karl Lagerfeld, even running errands became a chic exercise.

A Chanel Obsessive’s Cache Extends Well beyond Her Walk-In Closet

From handbags and heels to jackets and jewels, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz has a deep admiration for (and collection of) all things Chanel.

14 Ways to Spot a Fake Chanel Bag

How do you tell if a Chanel purse is a knockoff or the real deal? We spoke with handbag experts Alexa Ridolfi and Gerry Gallagher about how to authenticate a Chanel bag. Of course, you don’t have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where all our sellers are highly vetted.