Obi Clutch Purse

Two shadowy medallions share a black field, one big and one half-hidden

This is a clutch purse made from obi kimono silk. A clutch is a handbag without a strap that is carried in the hand or under the arm, and its flat shape suits cloth with a bold pattern. Smooth finish. A black folded clutch with tone-on-tone round crests, a large one at left with a four-lobed flower and a smaller one cropping at upper right. Another faint arc rises from the bottom edge. It is 11.25 inches long, 3.25 deep and 8.5 high.

Subtle enough to make onlookers lean in, quite deliberately.