Art blooms from artless things. And few objects make a more convincing argument than these.

Once the hardworking tools of cobblers, leatherworkers, and furniture makers, this remarkable collection of ten 19th and early 20th century burl and hardwood beetles has traded the workshop for the gallery. Each wooden mallet, collected over many years on our travels in France, Belgium, Italy, and the US, bears the unmistakable evidence of a life spent in service: battered surfaces, softened edges, irregular forms, and the extraordinary patina that comes from decades of honest labor.

Individually, they're beautiful examples of vernacular craftsmanship. Together, they become something far more compelling. A wonderfully sculptural gathering of humble objects, each with its own peculiar personality, united by purpose rather than pedigree.

Now elevated on custom steel stands, their wonderfully primitive forms take on an almost modernist sensibility. Equally at home in an English country house or among the carefully considered acquisitions of a contemporary art collector.

They were never intended to be beautiful, they simply became so.

TALLEST: 7.5 in. W x 4 in. D x 18 in. H
SHORTEST: 4 in. W x 4 in. D x 11 in. H