Raise a glass…or mug or cup to memories made in 2025 and to an exciting year ahead. Glassware designed in France by La Soufflerie is handblown from 100% recycled glass, cups, mugs, and glassware from Astier de Villatte, some featuring John’s iconic imagery and others designed in collaboration with Grace Coddington, say Happy New Year most stylishly.
Our favorite way to toast the New Year? Bubbly filled hand-blown Astier de Villatte and La Soufllerie glassware. May your cup runneth over with all that brings you joy in 2026.
We can’t contain our enthusiasm for John’s collection of special storage ideas. Think outside the box: our shop is stocked with everything from antique baskets to 19th-century leech jars. Antique chests, barrels, cork skeps, pouches and totes offer unique organizational solutions.
Ceramic boxes, lidded bowls, and footed stands from Astier de Villatte hold a special place on our shelves. Inspired by an 18th-century wedding box from their archives, Antoinette Poisson has created papier-mâché versions decorated with hand-printed and hand-painted domino papers.
Golden opportunities abound – and silver ones, too – this holiday season. Our shops are stocked with gilded antiques, including 19th-century architectural elements, seating, and mirrors and art in gilded wood frames. French Globes de Mariée marriage cloches from the 1800s feature intricate wedding mementos such as tiaras, veils, and dried and gilded flowers, elegantly displayed under glass domes.
This December marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birthday. For a special edition of Austen’s novel "Pride and Prejudice," Barbara Heller has compiled a collection of nineteen letters written by characters in the book. The letters have been lovingly recreated by a team of calligraphers and inserted at the appropriate places in the story. In collaboration with John, five of these letters have been transformed into decoupage trays. Explore the collection here.
A quiet taper greets the turning year... welcome the new year with our collection of candles: sets from British Colour Standard, food candles, and more along with holders from Astier de Villatte, and La Soufflerie.
Our popular “Holiday Tree” design is featured in this month’s dive into the drawer. A tiny cut-out of a tree from a 19th-century scrapbook in John’s collection adorns plates, trays, charms and more.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of John’s first shop in New York. A few years after starting his one-man decoupage design business in Boston, he moved to New York in the early 1990s. As orders increased, he hired a team of artisans to craft his motifs and opened his first shop in 1995 on 2nd Street in the East Village... a quiet block that would soon become his creative hub.
