Decole - Embroidered clasp coin purse - Sushi

Decole - Embroidered clasp coin purse - Sushi

Navy blue fabric coin purse with a metal kiss-lock frame and three pieces of nigiri embroidered on the front: one of red fish, one of omelette with its ribbon of seaweed, and one of prawn with the stripes along its back. Below, the word SUSHI in pale lettering. The fabric has a textured, ridged weave, and the frame shuts with that unmistakable dry click.

• Dimensions: approx. 88 × 10 × 110 mm in height
• Material: fabric
• Closure: metal kiss-lock frame with ball knobs
• Motif: three embroidered nigiri, with the name in romaji
• Use: coin purse, or a case for small bits and pieces

Features

• Opens right up: the frame swings fully open and shows the whole interior, so coins never end up in a corner your fingers can't reach.
• Firm closure: the spring in the frame keeps the purse shut inside your bag, with no zip to jam and no popper to work loose.
• Not just coins: equally good for keys, earphones, a lipstick or a few tablets.
• Embroidered, not printed: the design is stitched into the fabric, so it has relief and won't crack from rubbing about in a bag.
• Three counter classics: the red-fish nigiri, the tamago of sweet omelette bound with a strip of seaweed, and the cooked prawn. Three pieces you will find at any sushi counter.
• A classic format: in Japanese this kind of purse is called a gama guchi, "toad's mouth", after what the open frame looks like. It reached Japan from Europe in the late nineteenth century and stayed, becoming a thoroughly Japanese object.

About the brand

Decole is a Japanese zakka company — the small everyday objects people buy more for pleasure than out of need. Its collections play with traditional Japanese motifs and with animals, aiming to give an ordinary item — a stand, a purse, a keyring — something that makes you smile when you use it.