The lid lifts cleanly from the box, its ribbed profile matching the body — close, rounded flutes running the full length of every face. The form is low and wide, corners softly rounded. Two stones: pale grey-green onyx that shifts and clouds, and dark grey travertine with open natural voids and horizontal banding.
In a study with floor-to-ceiling shelves, the box sits at the end of a row of books. The lid comes off when something needs to be put away or taken out — a key, a ring, nothing more. The ribs sit under the hand the same way every time.