Obi Clutch Purse

The butterfly dips below as foliage and flowers crowd the upper flap

This is a clutch purse made from obi kimono silk. Obi silk is often a dense brocade woven with metallic or colored threads, a heavy cloth that holds its shape well when cut and sewn into new forms. Gold, peach and cream flowers and leaves curl across the upper part. A black clutch whose lower flap shows an orange circle bordered in gold, with the butterfly cropped at the base. A sliver of orange shows at the top. It is 11.25 inches long, 3.25 deep and 8.5 high.

Half the butterfly, all of the drama.