Ercuis Equilibre cutlery in stainless

Thomas Bastide has been a passionate designer for the world of tableware for nearly thirty years. He now signs an elegant new yet timeless line of cutlery in solid steel for Ercuis . It features soft and sensual shapes, with its eponymous equilibrium becoming particularly apparent when the knife lies on its cutting edge, but it is also inherent in the architecture of each piece. A successive play of facets and curves confers a combination of strength and lightness on these pieces, which appear to be hewn from a block of metal. The relief is reminiscent of the “flat ridges” that characterize the crystal glasses Thomas Bastide is so fond of. Équilibre reflects the designer’s desire to reinvent the great decorative classics. He never sacrifices ergonomics and simplicity for the sake of an innovative design and shares with Ercuis a taste for natural, elegant lines.

A brilliant name among the French silversmiths. The manufacture Ercuis founded in the 19th century makes beside the traditional cutleries with French air extremely winning and elegant jewels in combinations with exotic woods and semiprecious stones. In 1867 the silver manufacture is founded by the priest Adrien Céleste Pillon in ...