TheOverture, Velvet Place Card and Menu

A statement in craft and quiet ceremony.

The Overture is a place card and a dinner menu resolved into a single object. Each guest's name is engraved into deep velvet and gilded by hand, set beneath a scalloped edge that lets the printed menu rise behind it. The opening courses sit in view before anyone has touched the table, and when the card is lifted, the menu comes away with it.

Every pocket is cut, folded and assembled by hand, then paired with a menu insert printed on premium textured cardstock. Choose Gilded, a lustrous hand applied gold made for candlelight, or Pearl, a softer ivory that keeps its clarity under daylight and overhead lighting. Both are finished by the same hand and cost the same.

Designed to sit on a charger or a folded napkin, it clears away the clutter of two separate pieces and replaces them with a single considered gesture. A place setting that does its work quietly, then goes home in a handbag.

Perfect for weddings, milestone birthdays, christenings, anniversary dinners and private dining where every detail matters.