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Some words deserve to be sealed and kept forever. Love Envelope gathers that impulse beneath a dome of genuine French crystal, an old-fashioned note preserved mid-sentiment and magnified until every detail glows. The crystal is dramatically heavier than ordinary glass, weighty and brilliant in the hand, throwing sparkle across a desk the way a love letter throws open a heart.
Each oval paperweight is individually handcrafted in the French tradition of découpage, its artwork finished with a softly felted base and measuring a substantial 3.5" × 3.5" × .675". A folded card recounting the time-honored découpage process accompanies every piece.
Keep it close where correspondence once lived, or gift it to someone whose letters you'd cross an ocean to receive.
Style No. DPWI-5645
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.
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