Thistles and Thorns - Fabric Clutch

Carry a beautiful piece of history with you. This limited edition cotton-linen clutch features a 19th-century botanical artwork on one side and a vignette of the life of a florist's daughter on the other. Lined with linen and finished with an antique brass zip, this clutch is both romantic and functional. Perfect for adding a touch of Victorian-inspired elegance to your outfit. Matching boxy top sold separately.

22cm x 30cm.

Designed and made by Meg in The Patch, Australia. Printed in Thornbury by NextState Print on 94% cotton, 6% linen certified to OEKO-TEX Standard 100 (11-29208). Linen is woven with yarn grown in Normandy, France (grown and harvested with Reel Linen), milled in China, and meets certification for European Flax yarn, Oeko-Tex 100 Standard, Fair Labor Association, Higg Index, UN Global Compact, and ZDHC.

All megsmithmakes garments are Ethical Clothing Australia accredited and made in Melbourne with natural fabrics and GOTS organic cotton thread. megsmithmakes is a proud member of Seamless Australia.

Meg Smith makes unconventional, slow fashion heirlooms that are designed to last generations, gather memories, and be cherished across time.

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"...she looked down upon her hands and gingerly spread her fingers, silently assessing the damage of the day. Tiny cuts, what seemed like hundreds of them, crisscrossed the backs of her hands and the soft flesh of her palms, stinging and itching incessantly no matter how much calamine she rubbed in. Yesterday her father had received word of an old, neglected estate rumoured to house 1,000 rose varieties, all overgrown, and all in flower. Upon hearing the news he declared that on the morrow the shop would close, and instead they would travel to retrieve as many blooms as possible to supply his workroom. Her eyes had widened at the sheer beauty of the rambling garden, but as the scale of their endeavour stretched before her, the effort of harvesting the roses from the tangled and angry thorns was exceptionally daunting..."

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