Since 1936 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Leather, woven by hand to outlast the trend.
Isvena is the design house built on the workshop of P.M. Rahamathulla & Co — hand-braided totes, slings, clutches and baskets, made one hide at a time.
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Vegetable-Tanned
Chrome-free, safe for skin, fully biodegradable
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Hand-Braided
Woven by artisans, one strip at a time
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Made in Chennai
One family workshop, four generations
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Shipped Worldwide
From Tamil Nadu to your door
Curated Collections
Four categories, one workshop
The Signature Weave
Signature Hand-Braided Tote
Vegetable-tanned, chrome-free leather strips are interlaced entirely by hand into the workshop's signature open weave — safe for your skin, fully biodegradable, soft and pliable from the first carry, and developing a deeper patina with every year.
The bag the workshop is known for, made in every house colour — red, tan, rose, brown, black and green. Chrome-free and safe to wear against your skin daily.
A Family in Leather Since 1936
A workshop, before it was a brand.
Our founder began as an apprentice leather trader in British Colombo in 1936. Four generations later, the same family runs the Chennai workshop of P.M. Rahamathulla & Co — and Isvena is its next chapter: the same hands, the same hides, and the same braid, presented for a global home.
Read Our Story
“A machine can stitch a bag. It cannot braid one.”
P.M. Rahamathulla & Co. — In leather since 1936
The Collection
