BAGS · MINI & FRAME
Phoenix and phoenix blossom
$168
Butterfly and blossom
$168
Highland geometry
$168
Swallows greeting the blossom
$168
Wheat sheaf
$168
Longevity blossom
$168
Butterfly and blossom
$168
Meander, the returning-line motif
$168
Butterfly and blossom
$168
Meander, the returning-line motif
$194
Meander, the returning-line motif
$194
Meander, the returning-line motif
$194The bamboo-handle frame bags (MF278) are built around a rose-gold clasp: the brocade is stretched over the frame and finished around a turned cane handle, a slower construction than a sewn opening but the reason the mouth stays square and opens with one hand. The mini totes (MF278-9) drop the frame for a soft, upright body in the meander motif with a leather trim. Frame bags are occasion pieces; the mini totes are the ones that get carried on ordinary days.
Because the panel is small, this group carries the greatest variety of weaves: resting phoenix in pale blue, butterfly shadow in silver violet, mist blue and silver white, Miao geometric brocade in blush pink, twin swallows in jade green, wheat sheaf in indigo, longevity blossom in cinnabar red, highland geometry in silver blue, and the meander — huiwen, the returning line that never ends — in navy, snow white and rose. If you are choosing a motif for its meaning rather than its colour, this is the group to browse first.
These are evening-scale bags: phone, cards, keys, a lipstick. The frame styles hold their shape whether full or empty, which is the practical argument for a clasp over a drawstring at this size — a small soft bag collapses and stops reading as an object. Bamboo and wood prefer a dry room, so avoid soaking the handle, and if the piece is caught in rain let it dry naturally away from heat rather than on a radiator; cane that dries too fast can check along the grain. The clasp frame should be closed gently, and forcing it open past its stop is the one reliable way to loosen the hinge. Dust the brocade with a dry, soft cloth. Several colourways here are woven in limited or archive runs and are not repeated once the run closes, so a piece that is showing as in stock is not necessarily one we can weave again.
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