Obi Clutch Purse

Butterfly sprawls across an orange disc, spilling over the edge of a black garden

This is a clutch purse made from obi kimono silk. Reusing kimono and obi textiles is a long Japanese practice, and cloth from older garments is often cut into smaller items so the fabric stays in use. Leaves and blossoms in gold, peach and silver wind around the corner. A black clutch with an orange circle bordered in gold, holding a butterfly with green, white, and orange wings. The weave is lustrous. It is 11.25 inches long, 3.25 deep and 8.5 high.

Butterfly in full flight, bag in full dress.