Roman and Williams Guild

There is a summery ease and elagance to the Seamoor chair. Twisted and woven seagrass cradles and supports, breathes and gives. Tendril-like legs notch into the seat and arms in sinuous harmony. Curvilinear rounded arms embrace. The Seamoor is an innovation in seating— the heritages of weaving and woodworking unifiying seamlessly.

The Solna, a Roman and Williams Guild Original Design, is crafted by blowing molten glass directly into a metal ring, permanently joining the two materials. The chandelier option hangs from three handmade chains, each link individually soldered by hand. It is available in both pendant and chandelier, in clear, n**e, or opaque black glass and six metal finishes.

The Yarai Sasa Rocks Glass in burgundy. Crafted entirely by hand in Tokyo by the Shimizu Glass Corp.

At La Mercerie, Chef Heloïse Fischbach serves her grilled mackerel with endive and blood orange on RW Guild’s Kohyo Rinka plate with the bone flatware in sterling silver.

Some glasses just feel right in your hand. Shimizu Glass Co.’s glassware is a sterling example of Edo kiriko cut glass from masters of the ancient art form, who have been practicing it for more than 100 years. Meticulously engraved with interwoven, traditional Japanese motifs, each glass is crafted entirely by hand by a team of master glass-cutters in a small workshop in Tokyo. The glass’s intricate patterning features two timeless Japanese motifs: a band of “yarai” pattern around the rim representing crossed bamboos, and the “sasa” pattern evoking bamboo leaves, a symbol of good luck.

The Window on Marcel Entremet started with a question: what if Breuer’s Cyclops window could become something you could eat? The answer became an entremet of Tahitian vanilla mousse, milk jam, praline, and an Isomalt glass pane, molded in the same trapezoidal form that appears throughout the space. Nearby, the Marcel Credenza takes that geometry in another direction, translating it into faceted walnut surfaces that feel sharp, soft, and warm all at once. At Marcel, the architecture moves from facade to furniture to dessert.

The faceted geometry of the Marcel Credenza echoes throughout Marcel, from the dining room’s hand-carved walnut paneling to its stone steps. Inspired by the the Breuer building’s iconic facade, the credenza translates it into carved wood planes that form its doors and drawers, creating a rhythmic interplay of light and shadow. The result is a piece that feels both monumental and intimate.

The Danish studio of manufactures in minimalism and mess. Each rough texture, cracked glaze, and speckled surface is a feature, not a flaw, of the hand-thrown stoneware. Imperfection, idealized.
Photos by Fredrika Stjärne

True Original: The Oscar—a Roman and Williams Guild Original Design by Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch—is one of our most popular and versatile fixtures. Handcrafted in a 150-year-old French workshop using centuries of tradition and technique, the Oscar illuminates each space with individual character. Our signature ivory-toned glass and hand-spun brass alloy shade creates a soft, golden glow. Available in multiple metal finishes and custom glass options.

To celebrate their guest-edited Hamptons issue, Robin Standefer & Stephen Alesch hosted a Montauk gathering punctuated by RW Guild Original Designs and curated high craft.
1. The table set
2. holding Hiroshima stemware
3. Lunet Oil Lantern, RW Guild Foot Vase & Haruya Hiroshima stemware
4. Honeycomb & Emerald KH Würtz serveware
5. RW Guild Lunet Oil Lantern & KH Würtz in Honeycomb
6. Nishiyama for the Guild
7. Cheese tower atop Würtz Honeycomb plate
8. Guests enjoying
9. A butter sculpture with RW Guild Bud Vases
10. The Hosts

The wide, grounded bases and petal-thin edges of feel right at home in the Montauk landscape surrounding Robin and Stephen’s Sea Ranch.
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Above and Below: The Oscar’s hand-spun brass shade and handblown glass diffuser.

RW Guild Original Designs Footed Vase: Forging beauty from molten glass.

High Summer Calls For High Craft

For the Hamptons edition of , guest editors Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch invited to pay a visit to Galerie Sardine, the Amagansett art space founded last summer by Valentina Akerman and her husband, artist Joe Bradley. Housed in an 18th-century farmhouse Akerman and Bradley now calls home, the gallery has quickly drawn acclaim (Larry Gagosian is a fan) while staying grounded. “The Hamptons has layers to its history—a refuge from the city for artists, for weirdos,” says Akerman.
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Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, guest editors of the Hamptons edition of , share their life in art and nature.
1. The Guild co-founders photographed at Sea Ranch, their Montauk home and studio, by Cass Bird ().
2. Sea Ranch at dusk, featuring a boulder that Alesch gave to Standefer, from Charlie Marder.
3. An assemblage of objects arranged by Standefer, including a piece by and a Lentium Table Lamp designed by Standefer and Alesch.
4. Alesch in his painting studio.
5. A bowl and vase by .
6. Honeycomb KH Würtz, exclusive to RW Guild.
7. A sculpture by sits atop a table made from a single slab of wood.
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Designed by Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer over four years, the Bean & Bone Flatware Collection is hand-forged in heritage workshops in Tsubame, Japan.

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Like Georgia O’Keeffe’s florals, the Kohyo Rinka collection deconstructs nature’s floral curves. Hand-formed in Japan by Kaneko Kohyo Pottery Co., each piece offers the beauty of earthenware with the strength of porcelain, whether stacked or served.