Tang Imperial 26 Everblooming Rose Xiangyunsha Clutch

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Among the flowers of the Chinese garden, few are loved as steadily as the Chinese rose (月季). Known affectionately as the monthly red (月月红) for the way it returns to bloom through every season, and as the everlasting-spring flower (长春花), it became an emblem of enduring youth, constancy, and good fortune that does not fade with the turning of the year. Poets of the Song dynasty praised it for flowering when other blossoms had long gone to rest, and in later centuries it travelled west to become an ancestor of the modern rose. The Tang Imperial 26 Everblooming Rose Xiangyunsha Clutch gathers that quiet constancy into a form meant to be carried for years and, in time, passed on. Made to be kept.

The Motif · Everblooming Rose (月季)

Here the rose is not printed but woven, formed tone on tone in black Xiangyunsha through the jacquard technique (提花) so that the blossoms rise and recede as light moves across the cloth. Against the deep ink ground the flowers read as shadow more than colour, full and softly rounded, appearing and disappearing with the angle of the light. It is a motif that rewards a second glance, quiet from across a room and intricate in the hand.

Xiangyunsha, the Soft Gold of Silk (香云纱)

The body of this clutch is black Xiangyunsha (香云纱), often called Cloud Silk, a plant-dyed mulberry silk so prized that the textile world named it the soft gold (软黄金). It is dyed with the tannin of the wild yam, coated with the mineral-rich river mud of the Pearl River Delta, and cured under open sunlight, a labour that passes through the storied sequence of three steamings, nine boilings, and eighteen sunnings (三蒸九煮十八晒) across dozens of stages by hand. In 2008 the craft was inscribed on China's national register of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and it holds status as a protected National Geographical Indication.

Because raw gauze, sunlight, and earth each leave their mark on the finished cloth, no two bolts of Xiangyunsha are ever identical. The silk wears cool and light against the hand, carries a quiet antique lustre rather than a bright shine, and softens further with time, so that the clutch you carry for years comes to feel unmistakably your own.

Key Features

• Everblooming through four seasons. The Chinese rose flowers month after month, carrying the blessing of enduring youth and constancy (四季长春).
• Known as the monthly red. Beloved as the 月月红 for returning to bloom when other flowers have faded.
• The ruyi lock clasp. Its form draws on the union of the ruyi sceptre and the lock, a traditional emblem of happiness, health, peace, and reunion (幸福安康, 平安团圆).
• Woven, not printed. The rose is formed in the silk itself through jacquard weaving (提花), tone on tone against black cloud gauze.
• Intangible Cultural Heritage silk. Xiangyunsha was inscribed on China's national ICH register in 2008 and is honoured as the soft gold of the textile world.
• Turned-edge construction. A refined turned-edge finish (反包边) gives the compact silhouette a substantial, considered feel.

Premium Materials

• Xiangyunsha silk (香云纱), 100% mulberry silk in black cloud gauze, jacquard-woven and sun-cured, cool and luminous in the hand.
• Premium Cowhide Leather, carefully tanned and finished with a fine grain, framing the silk and edging the silhouette.
• Gold-tone ruyi-lock clasp, its face engraved with a cloud-and-ruyi motif in a warm, antique-gold finish.

Product Details

• Dimensions: Length 26cm, Width 9cm, Height 13cm
• Weight: 0.4kg
• Exterior: Black Xiangyunsha mulberry silk with premium cowhide trim
• Interior: Fabric lining
• Carry: Leather top handle
• Hardware: Gold-tone ruyi-lock clasp
• Colourway: Ink Black (墨黑)

Every Bag Is One of a Kind

Because Xiangyunsha is dyed and cured entirely by hand, the placement of the woven roses will differ subtly from bag to bag and from the images shown here, while the overall aesthetic remains faithful throughout. Small natural marks and tonal shifts in the silk are inherent to the craft and are a sign of authenticity, not a flaw. A hand-measured variance of 1 to 2 cm is normal. No two pieces are ever exactly alike, and yours will be entirely its own.

Authenticity and Craft

Every Tang Heritage piece arrives with a metal authenticity card, engraved with its own unique serial number and logged in our records, verifiable directly with us at any time. It is your assurance that what you carry is genuine, traceable, and made to be kept. For the length of your life, and perhaps for the generations that follow.