Cork wallet with multicolored rosettes

A long cork wallet that takes notes flat

The wallet measures 20x10.50 cm, the long format rather than the fold-in-half kind. Notes slide in without being creased, which matters if you still carry cash for the market or the bus. Inside, the lining is sand beige. A zipped pocket runs down the middle for coins, with flat slots either side for cards, receipts and travel passes. Side gussets let the whole thing thicken a little without straining the stitching.

Hexagon tiles, one rosette at a time

The print covers the front face and carries on over the closing flap. Hexagons sit edge to edge, and each one holds a different rosette: eight-pointed stars, round blooms, tiny scattered dots. Step back and it reads like old floor tiling. Look closer and no two cells repeat the same drawing.

Where the colours sit

Brick red and terracotta carry most of the surface. Ochre and mustard warm the centre of the rosettes. Midnight blue and olive green darken a handful of cells and give the pattern its depth. Between the hexagons the pale cork ground stays visible, which stops the whole thing from looking busy.

Plain cork on the reverse

Turn the wallet over and the printing stops. The back, the edges and the gussets show bare pale cork, grained with darker streaks. The closure keeps the same restraint: a press-stud flap that closes with a single press.

Living with cork

Cork asks for very little. A soft cloth, barely damp, lifts fingerprints and the dust that settles in the raised print. Don't soak it, and don't dry it on a radiator; open air suits it better. Stored flat, it keeps its shape.

Which bag it suits

At 20 cm long it wants a bag that opens properly: a tote, a satchel, a bucket bag. Drop it into a small cross-body and there is no room left for anything else. The pattern already does plenty of talking, so a plain bag in camel or black lets it read, while another print fights it.

If the long shape feels like too much, our other cork and patterned wallets include compact formats and flap-over styles. The rest of the coin purses and fabric pouches range suits anyone who would rather keep cards and change apart.