Chanel Camellia Openwork Gold Bookmark — Brand New, Sealed

The camellia was Coco Chanel’s flower because it has no scent — she could wear it without it fighting her perfume. It became the house’s quiet signature, and it works better as an outline than as anything solid.

That’s what this is: the camellia drawn in a single continuous line of flat gold metal, petals overlapping in openwork, with a small CC roundel set at the top edge.

What to do with it. It marks a page without a ribbon, a tassel or anything to catch — flat enough that the book still closes properly. It sits proud of the top edge so you can see where you are from the shelf. Slim enough for a paperback, sturdy enough for a hardback.

Beyond books: it clips into a planner, a passport, or a recipe folder. Flat on a shelf or propped against a stack it works as a small ornament in its own right, which is what a lot of these end up doing.

Sealed on the original Chanel card.

Condition

Brand new, never used, sealed on the original Chanel card.