$42.00
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This tray feels plucked from a composer’s desk just after the last note dried. We fell for the romance of a 19th-century manuscript, its margins alive with markings and the quiet heartbeat of a melody becoming itself. Under glass, the hand- hesitations, flourishes, the human pulse, turns into something luminous and enduring; the poetry of music you can hold.
In our New York studio, the artwork is applied by hand in the French tradition of découpagé: laid in reverse beneath crystal glass, sealed with fine varnishes, and burnished until the ink seems to glow from within. Each piece is individually signed by Ben. The surface is smooth, food-safe, and wipes clean; the back is felted so it lands softly on marble or wood. A folded card accompanies every tray, sharing the time-honored process.
Style it on a piano top corralling metronome and matches, on a bar with cut crystal and bitters, or upright on a gallery easel like a small recital in the afternoon light. Practical and poetic, it’s a love letter to the beauty of handwritten score. The artistry before the first note is ever played.
Style #: DPI-3660
