Description
At nine each night, the house goes quiet. The dishes are done, the cat has claimed the armchair’s arm, and Grandpa Lucien settles into his corner by the lamp with whatever novel he is reading this week. He reads slowly, savoring every page, and when he finally dozes off, his glasses slide down his nose and land neatly on the open book. Nobody wakes him. They just turn off the lamp and leave him to his dreams.
This box captures that peaceful ritual. An open book is painted with fine detail, a pair of reading glasses resting across its pages as if someone has just stepped away. Open the cover to tuck away an earring or a bookmark charm. Small enough for a nightstand, it is equally at home on a library shelf or a desk beside a cup of tea. It is a thoughtful gift for an avid reader, a librarian, an author, a book club member or a teacher at the end of a school year. The pages are painted as if mid-chapter, and the tiny lenses catch the light as though someone just set them down.
The details
- An open book with a pair of reading glasses
- Finely painted pages and frames
- Opens as a small trinket box
- Approximately 1.5 x 1 x 2 inches
- By Rochard
- Painted by hand in Limoges, France
Give it with a favorite novel tucked into the wrapping.
