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The lovely thing about a New York key is everything it opens.
An apartment five flights up. A door to a friend’s kitchen, where dinner always runs late. A small, hard-won corner of a city that once felt impossibly large.
This tray celebrates that feeling of belonging. Bold black lettering spells out NEW YORK CITY against a warm, parchment-toned background, framed by intricate borders and the tiny letters and numbers of a vintage map key. There is something wonderfully New York about it: three words, plenty of character, no introduction necessary.
Handcrafted in our New York studio in the French tradition of decoupage, each piece brings the artwork beneath the luminous surface of bent glass. Individually signed by Ben, it carries a little of the city’s creative spirit into the everyday.
Set it beside the door for the keys you reach for each morning. Keep it on a bedside table for the jewelry you take off after a very good evening. Or stand it among your books and collected treasures, where those three familiar words can catch your eye.
For someone getting their first set of New York keys, someone handing back their last, or anyone whose heart still lives here.
Food safe, with a felted underside. Wipe clean. Beautiful displayed on a gallery easel or hung with a plate hanger. A folded card explaining the time-honored decoupage process accompanies each piece.
Style#: DPI-6555
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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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