About Us

Designer/craftsman, Michael Rowland, fashions his creations with a team of skilled craftsmen in a beautifully restored stone building, circa 1847. This historic building also houses the Kemptville Store.

“Leather inspires me. It always has. From the first time I tinkered with it as a youth it pushed me to make something from it. Now when I see and touch a hide I know exactly what I want to use it for. I can picture the bag completed in my mind's eye. I can visualize the process from start to finish. It's what I do. It's an extension of who I am. My mission is to make leather goods of excellence.”

Michael Rowland, bag maker extraordinaire, celebrates 30 years of dedicated creativity. He is devoted to making leather goods of exquisite style and enduring quality. His award-winning designs attest to his passion for excellence. Leather linings and bound edges are distinguishing traits of his superb leather creations.

Citizen Article, August 2nd, 2003

The Lure of Leather
By Julia Elliott

Take a Coach purse and a Michael Rowland bag. Strip the labels. Then get a friend to say which one is which. It might take a while.

Rowland bags favour the same classic lines and lush leather as the best bags on the market. My 20-something Rowland bag is perfectly intact. It was time to find out why...<view entire article>