Embroidered leather key chains from Russia, black with gold embroidery and large swifl clasp. size 2.5" x 4.5"
 
Embroidered with golden thread at the "Torjokskie Zolotoshvei Ltd." and corresponds to the tradition of gold embroidery which originated in the 9th - 11th centuries. The prospered around Torjok (Tver Province) in the 17th - 18th centuries.
Embroidered with gold, metal, silk and cotton threads by the Torjork masters, these objects attest to their consumate skills and docorative indgenuiity.