Atelier Noord

Collection Nº 03 · Blackened ash

Vesper

Beds, chests and cabinets in blackened ash — dark, calm and precise, for the end of the day.

A moody bedroom with warm pendant lights glowing over a quilted bed

Black that is still wood

Vesper is not painted. The ash is blackened with an iron-acetate reaction that bonds with the tannin in the timber, so the grain stays open under your hand and the colour cannot chip. In low light it reads near-black; by a lamp it warms to deep umber.

These are the pieces for the last hour of the day — a bed with no sharp edges to find in the dark, a chest that closes on a soft wooden slide, a cabinet that keeps its counsel.

A bedside vignette in dark wood, lit by a single warm lamp

Vesper Bed

Blackened ash frame, floating slat deck, integrated nightstands. 160 or 180 cm.

From € 5.200

A dark wooden chest of drawers with brass hardware in warm directional light

Vesper Chest

Blackened ash, hand-cut dovetails, unlacquered brass pulls. W 110 × D 48 × H 82 cm.

From € 3.700

Materials & making

Timber
European ash, iron-acetate blackened — never painted
Finish
Matte hard-wax oil over the reaction, two coats
Hardware
Unlacquered brass; wooden drawer slides, waxed
Lead time
10 – 14 weeks, numbered and signed on delivery

Vesper is our smallest series — six of each piece per year. Ask about the current run before it is allocated.

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