Handmade wallet/pouch in Toile de Jouy 17x11.50cm (LARGE)
Size 17x11.50cm
Magali Riom reuses carefully chosen fabrics found in second hand stores and second hand clothing, and makes high quality and beautiful pouches and little bags. Each item is unique and handmade with love in Geneva, Switzerland.
For this summer, Magali Riom created a collection of beautiful wallets/pouches made in "Toile de Jouy". Toile de Jouy is a type of decorating pattern consisting of a white or off-white background on which a repeated pattern depicting a fairly complex scene, generally of a pastoral theme such as a couple having a picnic by a lake or an arrangement of flowers. Toiles were originally produced in Ireland in the mid-18th Century and quickly became popular in Britain and France. The term, Toile de Jouy, originated in France in the late 18th century. In French, the phrase literally means "cloth from Jouy-en-Josas, a town in the south-west suburbs of Paris (source: Wikipedia)