Craft & Commerce
The Craft & Commerce Collection is a glance through time from the present.
Whether an old house is being remodeled, or a new one is being built, Craft & Commerce evokes the 19th and 20th century home builders whose hand-labored methods laid way for the modern house.
A natural pale, like fresh-cut oak timber. The Craft & Commerce Collection is inspired by the 19th and early 20th century home builders whose hand-labored methods laid way for the modern house. A keller was a “cellar master,” who would clean and operate the cellar and its equipment, know the harvest in and out, and teach others in the production and storage of wine.
Mid-tone browns with cool grey undertones. The Craft & Commerce Collection is inspired by the 19th and early 20th century home builders whose hand-labored methods laid way for the modern house. A limner was originally an ornamental decorator of manuscripts and books in fine detail. Toward the 18th century, a limner was a traveling painter.
A warm mid-tone brown with veins of gold. The Craft & Commerce Collection is inspired by the 19th and early 20th century home builders whose hand-labored methods laid way for the modern house. A sawyer was a master woodworker, versed in preserving grain patterns and minimizing wasted pieces.
A perfect desaturated grey-brown. The Craft & Commerce Collection is inspired by the 19th and early 20th century home builders whose hand-labored methods laid way for the modern house. Travers, from old French, referred to crossing a river or bridge, and was the title of the toll keeper who would collect passage.