The Luna Pearl Pouch
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Glass pearls set one at a time into a fabric shell, each stitched through rather than glued on, so the surface reads as one continuous thing. The pouch keeps its shape when empty and narrows to a point at the top, edged in silver-lined beads, with a fringe of crystal drops along the base that moves a half-second after you do.
- Materials
- Glass pearls and glass crystal beads on a fabric shell; grey lining
- Technique
- Each bead stitched through the fabric by hand with a needle and hook, never glued
- Structure
- Semi-rigid, holds its shape when empty
- Dimensions
- 6.0"W × 6.0"H × 4.0"D, excluding the fringe
- Capacity
- A lipstick, cards and a key. It does not fit a phone.
- Closure
- Magnetic snap at the framed opening
- Strap
- Hand-beaded cord, worn on the shoulder or wrapped at the wrist
- Weight
- 10 oz
- Maker
- Jyotsna
- Origin
- Handmade in India
- Note
- Stitched by hand, so the bead surface differs slightly from piece to piece.
Dispatched within 1 to 2 business days by FedEx Ground, arriving in 2 to 7 days across the U.S. Your tracking follows the moment it leaves us. Should it ever need to come home, you have 30 days from delivery.
Are the pearls real?
No. They are glass pearls, with glass crystal beads at the edges and in the fringe, and we would not describe them as anything else. What makes this bag is the setting rather than the material: every bead is stitched through the fabric by hand, not glued onto it.
Will my phone fit?
No. It holds a lipstick, cards and a key. At six inches tall and narrowing toward the top, it is a small evening pouch rather than a bag you carry a phone in.
Will the beads come loose?
Each bead is stitched through the shell rather than glued to it, which is the slow way and the reason the surface holds. The thing to protect is the thread: keep the bag away from sequins, rings and watch clasps, which catch it.
How does it hang?
From a fine beaded cord, long enough to sit on the shoulder or to wrap once around the wrist for the evening.
The story
The difficulty is tension. Pull the thread too tight and the fabric puckers; leave it slack and the beads sag and the shell loses its curve. Getting a surface this dense to sit smooth over a shape that curves in two directions is the whole skill, and it is why the beadwork reads as one continuous surface rather than a scattering of beads.
The fringe goes on last, strand by strand, so that it moves a half-second after you do.
Stitched, never glued.
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What is Gullye
Gullye finds its soul in the forgotten lanes, where quiet hands shape beauty that the world often overlooks. We bring these stories forward not as relics of the past, but as living treasures meant to be cherished.
The house of Gullye
Slow by hand.
Heirloom objects from the workshops of South Asia, made in editions, never in factories.
The Luna Pearl Pouch
Glass pearls set one at a time into a fabric shell, each stitched through rather than glued on, so the surface reads as one continuous thing. The pouch keeps its shape when empty and narrows to a point at the top, edged in silver-lined beads, with a fringe of crystal drops along the base that moves a half-second after you do.
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Gullye makes sculptural pieces by hand, in small editions, with master artisans in Jaipur. Once an edition sells out, it is retired.
The specification
Beadwork snags. Keep the bag clear of sequinned fabric, watch straps and rings, which catch the threads faster than anything else. Spot-clean the shell only, with a barely damp cloth, and never soak it. Lay it flat rather than hanging it by the cord, so the fringe does not tangle or pull at its own stitching. Store in the Gullye dust bag.
In confidence
There is no hammering in this one. Jyotsna works at a stretched frame with a needle and a fine hook, setting a single bead at a time into the fabric shell.
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