These beautifully engraved Wild Game place cards add elegance to any table. Use them for cozy fall suppers and for gracing your Thanksgiving table this year. Created exclusively for Reed Smythe & Company by Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer, all four iconic images are from Mrs. Collins’s archives. The quail and the roughed grouse were actually…
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Bespoke, hand-engraved monogram for a gentleman’s stationery wardrobe. This cipher was first hand-drawn, going through many phases of sketches and modifications prior to approval. You can see one of the final sketches in our Gallery. Once approved, the finished sketch was engraved, by hand, on one of our signature, half-inch steel dies. It was then…
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6:00 to 7:15 pm The Pontalba Louisiana State Museum The Louisiana Museum Foundation, Louisiana State Museum, Letters Read, Antenna, and stationer Nancy Sharon Collins bring an intimate, performative evening celebrating our love for history and architecture, and a unique understanding of our relationship with property. For one night only, professional actors will read and interpret contemporary and historic communications surrounding…
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Color is ephemeral. As with these dried, pink, miniature roses, their color when fresh was different from when they entered this studio. Then again, once dry, colors we saw in the studio in our Gulf Coast light may have been different than colors you could see in this image on your device screen. Here, we…
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Our bespoke monograms always begin with pencil sketches, the old fashioned way. Once approved, the monogram is etched and engraved, by hand, onto a 1/2″ thick steel die. This is then press proofed to check for accuracy. Sometimes, we press proof on the client’s chosen paper—or papers—in various inks. This provides accurate color combination choices….
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