ONE.
An object made only once.
A single set, refined for fourteen years.
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EST. MMXII — LAVENHAM ATELIER
We make one set. In one pair of woods, by one hand, refined for fourteen years.
We do not iterate.
We do not release variants.
We do not print a catalogue.
II — The Woods
PLATE 0341 · 04:32 GMT
Ebony & Boxwood. DIOSPYROS CRASSIFLORA · BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS
Cut from a single tree. Aged twenty-eight years. Quartersawn through the heart of the billet.
Janka 3680 · 0.85 g/cm³ · grown in Cameroon
III — Geometry
DRAWING N° 09 / FINAL
A profile refined across nine prototypes. The tenth is the only one we make.
King
95mm
Pawn
50mm
Square
55mm
Set
612g
IV — The Maker
PORTRAIT · UNDATED
Edmund Aldridge. Fourteen years at the lathe. He turns for six days. Each set leaves at midnight.
V — The Knight
ASSESSMENT · 11.04.2025
A knight reveals the maker. The rest is the lathe. — Adrian Hollis, Chess Quarterly, London
VI — The Object
HŌN N°1 · STAUNTON · 2026
The HŌN. Set N°1. A single design, after Cook. Made in editions of thirty-six per year.
VII — By Inquiry
RESPONSE WITHIN 21 DAYS
We answer letters. There is no catalog, no price list. Acceptance is by introduction.
HŌN. ATELIER · 2026
SET IN INSTRUMENT SERIF, GEIST & GEIST MONO
NO. 0341 / RENDERED LIVE