Four days on the crown alone
The fur is chosen a hide at a time and the crown is worked by hand. Neither part can be hurried, which is most of the reason there is only one bag.
- Face
- Selected long pile fur
- Crown
- Hand worked bullion
- Setting
- Glass crystal and pearl
- Lining
- Quilted satin, replaceable
- Closure
- Full width metal zip
- Trim
- Hand finished leather
- Size
- 34 x 34 cm
- Made
- To order, five to six weeks
The crown is embroidered, not printed
Every crown is worked in raised bullion thread on a backing that is set into the face rather than laid on top of it. The volutes are stitched in passes, the beads and crystals are set one at a time, and the whole emblem is bordered so the edge cannot lift.
It takes about four days. A printed or heat pressed crown takes minutes and looks close enough in a photograph, which is exactly why the difference only shows up years later.
Built to be opened
The lining is stitched so it can be taken out and replaced. The zip is a standard size we will keep stocking. Nothing inside the bag is glued shut, because the first thing to wear on a bag carried every week is never the part you can see.
That is the whole design brief: a bag you maintain rather than replace. The one your son carries at his own aufruf should be this one.
Names go inside
We embroider a name, a date or both into the lining rather than across the face. A name on the outside dates a bag to one simcha. Inside, it becomes a record of who carried it, and there is room for more than one.
Five colourways
Onyx, Midnight, Ash, Olivewood and Ivory: the same bag and the same crown, five furs. See them on the home page, where the room changes colour with the bag.
