Chinese Leather Key Chain

A soft lilac loop that makes finding the house keys feel like a small pleasure.

This ostrich leather and sterling silver key chain is from China. Key chains are small functional objects that have long been made in fine materials, so that an item carried every day can also be a personal accessory. A tapered strap in pale lavender, its surface dotted with the raised quill bumps of a bird-skin grain. Edges are stitched in matching thread, and a bright polished cap clips the folded end to a split ring. It is 5 inches long, 1.5 deep and 1 high.

Lilac, tidy and firmly opposed to the bottom of the bag.