{"product_id":"compacte-1970s-black-faceted-glass-bead-envelope-clutch","title":"Compacte · 1970s Black Faceted Bead Envelope Clutch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaceted glass bead · fully-beaded envelope clutch · beaded shoulder chain · no label · 1970s · approx. 19cm wide, 13cm tall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA flat envelope clutch covered entirely in small faceted black beads, not a thread of ground fabric visible anywhere, the shoulder chain made from the same beads strung end to end. The facets are what make this more than a plain bead bag: each bead has many cut faces, which means the surface catches light differently at every angle, and the bag shifts from deep black to a kind of dark silver depending on where you are standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo label, 1970s. Fully beaded bags of this kind were produced in workshops across India, Hong Kong, and the Philippines from the 1950s onward, each bead strung or sewn individually, the chain assembled by hand. The labour involved in producing a piece like this is considerable and the result reflects it: a surface with real depth, a weight in the hand that feels like substance, a bag that will look right in sixty more years for the same reason it looked right sixty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe beadwork is dense and intact, nothing loose on the surface, the chain sound and functional.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"caitiedid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44108985008262,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/5960\/8966\/files\/DSC_2869copy.jpg?v=1782256970","url":"https:\/\/checkout.caitiedid.shop\/products\/compacte-1970s-black-faceted-glass-bead-envelope-clutch","provider":"caitiedid","version":"1.0","type":"link"}