{"id":8750,"date":"2020-07-22T20:45:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:24:47","slug":"haversack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/haversack\/","title":{"rendered":"Haversack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This Italian made bag is a fantastic artist’s bag, just the right size for a sketchbook or tablet, with pockets for pencils and a pouch for supplies, it’s unquestionably stylish and made to last. I actually prefer it to the Israeli Paratrooper briefcase for those trips when I don’t need a laptop bag. It’s one of those items that’s perfect for the Banana Republic artist and writer aesthetic and one that surely appealed to Mel and Patricia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Haversack is pictured with my go-to BR hat, a wide brim fedora that I have been unable to locate in the catalogs. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great pen holders, a zippered pocket and a side pocket for glasses. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From the catalog: “In search of an artist’s accessory bag, we happened on an Italian Army map case. It’s dimensions were perfect for sketchpads or manuscripts; exterior and interior zippered pockets offered quick access to ideas. Our adaptation in made in Italy (Naturally) from pre-washed 17-ounce cotton canvas; trimmed in full-grain pigskin for extra strength; customized with a pen, pencil, or brush-holder under the flap and a sunglass pocket on one side.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Haversack was shown in three catalogs in 1987. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Italian made bag is a fantastic artist’s bag, just the right size for a sketchbook or tablet, with pockets for pencils and a pouch for supplies, it’s unquestionably stylish and made to last. I actually prefer it to the Israeli Paratrooper briefcase for those trips when I don’t need a laptop bag. It’s one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8757,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions\/8757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}