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A single word, softly spoken. Darling feels like a note slipped across a café table in Paris, or a familiar sign-off at the bottom of a letter kept far longer than intended. Lifted from an antique French script, the lettering carries a tenderness that’s effortless and intimate—romantic without trying too hard, affectionate without explanation. It’s the kind of word that lingers.
Each tray is handcrafted in our New York City studio using the traditional French art of découpage, where vintage imagery is carefully layered beneath bent glass and fired until it becomes part of the surface itself. The result is luminous and tactile, with subtle variations that ensure no two pieces are ever quite the same. Every tray is individually signed by Ben, a quiet mark of authorship and intention.
Finished with a felted back, food-safe and wipe-clean, this piece is as practical as it is poetic. Style it on a bedside table, entry console, or vanity, or display it upright as a small work of art. A folded card accompanies each tray, sharing the time-honored découpage process that makes it so enduring.
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The French call it découpage, pronounced day-coo-pahzh. It flourished in the salons of 18th-century France, where paper, patience, and a steady hand turned everyday objects into works of art.
Ben honors the French technique, in reverse. The artwork goes on the underside of the glass, by hand, so you look through the glass to see it. Nothing sits on the surface. The image seems to float, lit from within, the way a pressed flower looks when you hold it up to a window.
Every design starts with something Ben discovered or created. A pattern he drew. A botanical plate or a scrap of antique paper carried home from a market in Europe, chosen because it meant something.
Decoupage is a science of perfection. Each piece is made slowly in our New York studios by a talented team of artists, patient and exacting, who will not settle for less than a perfect result. Each one is backed in felt, so it can rest safely on a cocktail table, and signed by the artist, Ben Busko.
Each tray is decoupaged by hand beneath the glass. A little care keeps the artwork beautiful.
Suitable for hanging with a plate hanger or standing on a gallery easel.
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