Edgar Allan Poe · The Black Cat · Appliqué Edition · Hellfire Red · Handbag + Matching Wallet
The cat stares out through a stepped frame of leather — cut and hand-stitched to the bag.
The frame is cut from leather and hand-stitched proud of the boards, stepped like a wall pulled open, so the edge round the cat is an edge you can feel.
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Handbag + wallet, in one box
The handbag$119.95
The wallet $49.95FREE
Appliqué handbag + matching wallet · one price
Ends Sunday · …The cat on the bag behind stitched leather. The cat on the wallet in print.
The wallet has the same cat looking through torn pages — one amber eye, red claw marks across the dark fur — printed into the small binding, so what comes out at the counter is the same stare as the bag on your arm. Sold apart at $49.95. In the set it is free.
Why the pair, not the bag alone
- The wallet carries the same stare. One amber eye through torn pages — printed, sized to ride inside the handbag.
- It goes out alone. Zip-around, wrist strap on, phone and cards in — the piece you take when the bag stays home.
- It is $49.95 on its own. In the set it is free: the handbag and the wallet together for $119.95 instead of $249.90.
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The Black Cat appliqué handbagPremium vegan leather · raised hand-stitched leather appliqué · 13.8″ × 10.6″ × 5.5″
$199.95$119.95 -
Matching wallet (printed)Zip-around, wrist strap · 4.3″ × 7.9″ · the same amber eye, printed · rides inside the handbag
$49.95FREE
In the set · $119.95 · sold apart $199.95
The Black Cat appliqué handbag
The black cat fills the front — one burning amber eye, red scars across the face — inside a stepped frame of leather cut and stitched to the boards, with lines from the tale printed in flame-lit script round the edge.
Why it earns its place- The frame is appliqué: cut from leather, hand-stitched, standing proud of the board — run a thumb along its steps and you feel the edge.
- Reads as a handbag first: a structured top-handle bag with a zip across the top; the cat is the front panel.
- Fits a 13″ iPad, the book you are on, and the wallet — it rides inside.
- Premium vegan leather: animal-free, lighter on the arm, wipes clean with a damp cloth.
- Size
- 13.8″ × 10.6″ × 5.5″ (35 × 26.9 × 13.9 cm)
- Closure
- Zipper across the top
- Carry
- Two top handles
- Artwork
- Raised leather appliqué — cut and hand-stitched over printed boards
- Material
- Premium vegan leather
- Ships
- From Arizona — the date on the button is live
In the set · free · sold apart $49.95
Matching wallet (printed)
The cat's amber eye and scarred dark fur showing through torn parchment, red claw marks glowing across it — printed into the small binding (the wallet is not appliqué). Zip-around, detachable wrist strap; phone, cards and cash.
Why it earns its place- Zip-around, so nothing slips out; a detachable wrist strap for the days you carry nothing else.
- Phone, cash and cards in one place — and it rides inside the handbag.
- Sold apart at $49.95. In the set it is free: $0.00 on its own line in your cart, no code.
- Size
- 4.3″ × 7.9″ × 1″ (11 × 20 × 2.6 cm)
- Closure
- Zip-around
- Carry
- Detachable wrist strap
- Material
- Premium vegan leather, art printed into the grain
- Ships
- From Arizona — its own run when on pre-order; the date is on this page, under the button
Both pieces · sold apart $249.90$119.95
Handbag ships now · Wallet ships Nov 5–Nov 12
This set ends … at midnight, or sooner if this run sells out. After that the wallet goes back to $49.95 and the pair to $249.90.
Only 49 left in premium vegan leather — when they are gone, the set is.
Ships by … from Arizona. The wallet is on its own print run and ships Nov 5–Nov 12, on its own — no extra postage. Standard shipping $12.99 + $5 for the second piece.
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- Reviews1,600+ verified Lettoria reviews · 83 % five-star
- StockShips in 1–2 business days
- FromArizona, USA
- Returns30 days, unused
$119.95appliqué handbag + wallet freeEnds Sunday · …
Edgar Allan Poe · The Black Cat, 1843 · the front panel
The tale is printed round the edge. The frame is stitched around the cat.
A man, a cat, a cellar wall — and the one creature in the house that would not stay quiet. For the cat people and the Poe people, and everyone who is both.
The cat fills the front with one burning eye, and round it runs a stepped frame cut from leather and hand-stitched to the board, like a wall pulled open. The opening of the tale is printed in the corner, word for word.
“For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.”
— The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe, 1843
I made this one for the cat people and the Poe people. I happen to be both.
“It looks back harder than anything else on the Poe shelf. Carry it anyway.”Jane Grey, Founder of Lettoria
The details
Every measurement before you decide.
Drawn to scale from the real dimensions. A 13″ iPad, the book you are on and the wallet all ride inside; a 15″ laptop does not.
What fits · drawn to scale1 square = 5 cm
13.8″wide · 35 cm
10.6″tall · 26.9 cm
5.5″deep · 13.9 cm
- 13″ laptop 30.4 × 21.5 cm
- The book you are on a paperback, 13 × 20 cm
- The wallet, rides inside 7.9 × 4.3″
In the boxOne box · ships together
The Black Cat appliqué handbag
Premium vegan leather · raised hand-stitched appliqué · 13.8″ × 10.6″ × 5.5″ · zip across the top · two top handles
$119.95sold apart $199.95
Matching wallet (printed)
The same amber eye, printed, small binding · 7.9″ × 4.3″ · zip-around · wrist strap · phone, cards, cash
Freesold apart $49.95
Sold apart $249.90$119.95in this box
- Size
- 13.8″ × 10.6″ × 5.5″ (35 × 26.9 × 13.9 cm)
- Closure
- Zipper across the top.
- Carry
- Two top handles.
- Interior
- Zip pocket and slip pockets inside.
- Hardware
- Rolled top handles with riveted tabs; gold-tone zip and clip on the wallet.
- Art
- Raised leather appliqué — each figure cut and hand-stitched over printed boards. The wallet is printed.
- Material
- Premium vegan leather: animal-free, lighter on the arm, wipes clean with a damp cloth.
- Care
- Wipe with a soft cloth; keep out of long sun; do not overfill the zip; never soak the stitched figures.
The short version
The Black Cat handbag in its stitched frame. The matching wallet, free.
The handbag$119.95sold apart $199.95
Matching walletFreesold apart $49.95
You pay$119.95instead of $249.90
On your arm by ….
This set ends … at midnight — then the wallet goes back to $49.95. …
P.S. The wallet is $49.95 on its own page; in this set it is $0.00 on its own cart line, no code. Any ship window on this page comes from the same batch data we ship by. Thirty days to decide once it is in your hands — unused, and we refund the pieces; you pay the return postage, and the original shipping is not refunded. That is the whole policy.