It's not really oval at the base, I flattened the bag to take a picture of it - it really is beautiful IRL, a much softer bag (not structured) than the other Edith variants. Oddly, to me it looks less busy than the conteen I picked up.
Jag, I noticed you are in Michigan - I picked this up at the NM in Troy and there is a nutmeg bag at Saks
Here is a pic in nutmeg: