A clutch-sized wallet with a whole garden on its face: one large carved bloom surrounded by scrolling leaves, with the background painted bright turquoise by hand. It holds a phone as well as cards and cash, so it can go out on its own.
- Large carved flower with turquoise painted background
- Metal zip along the top and side with leather pull tab
- Coin pocket, card slots, cheque-book slot and phone pocket
- Clean straight-stitched edges
Specifications
| Product code |
CH-SG-FZW |
| Leather |
Vegetable-tanned buffalo leather, about 1.4 mm |
| Closure |
Metal zip-around |
| Inside |
4+ compartments: coin pocket, card slots, cheque-book slot, phone pocket |
| Size |
On request |
| Finish |
Hand-carved, hand-painted |
Prices and minimum order
| Colour |
Retail (1 piece) |
Bulk price per piece |
MOQ |
| Tan with turquoise |
₹1,250 |
₹850 |
25 pieces |
Bulk and B2B orders: minimum 25 pieces per design. Choose the bulk option above to order a 25-piece lot, or write to us for mixed colours, custom sizes and private-label work. Terms: 70% advance, 30% on completion before dispatch, by bank transfer. Handmade pieces take about 8 weeks to make.
How it is made
Each piece starts as a hide of vegetable-tanned buffalo leather, about 1.4 mm thick. The artisan traces the pattern onto dampened leather, cuts every outline freehand with a swivel knife, then shapes the design with hand tools and a wooden mallet: bevelers raise the flowers, backgrounders press the ground down, pear shaders add contour, seeders mark the flower centres and veiners draw the leaves, so the flowers and scrolls stand up in relief. Colour is brushed on by hand, one shade at a time, and an antique patina is rubbed into the cuts and wiped off the raised surface to give the carving depth. One artisan takes a piece from the first cut to the last stitch, in a small women-run workshop in South India, so no two pieces are exactly alike. The carving follows Western floral and scroll patterns: deep, sculpted and full of movement. That sets it apart from Shantiniketan leatherwork of Bengal, which is made on thinner E.I. (East India) tanned goat or sheep leather and decorated with regional folk motifs. Thick buffalo leather like this softens with use and darkens into a rich patina, so the wallet looks better in ten years than on the day you buy it. It is a piece of hand art made to be kept and handed on.
Care: Store in a dry place, keep it dry, and wipe occasionally with a soft, dry cotton cloth.
Contact: email rajatprabha92.5@gmail.com, call or WhatsApp +91 98117 12825, or visit our showroom at D-02/07 (3rd Floor), India Exposition Mart, Greater Noida. Please quote the product code when you write.
