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Cast in brass, beneath.
A 28 mm medallion in solid brass, recessed and held by two square pegs into the underside of every board.
— IV · The Knight
One mark. Carried in brass.
The knight is our signature — a geometric reinterpretation of the classical piece, drawn for engraving rather than display. It is small, plain, and meant to be found, not pointed to.
Plate I
Atelier Dechamel — Knight
— A small icon
Drawn for engraving, not for the eye that hurries.
The classical knight is a difficult silhouette. We drew ours over a season, paring it to the geometry that survives engraving — strong jaw, lifted ear, deep base — and left out everything that would lose itself in brass at a millimetre across.
The mark is sized to the thumb, not to the room. It is meant to be discovered by the hand that tilts the board on its edge — and recognised, after a few years, the way one recognises a writer by the spacing of their letters.
— Applications
Three places the knight is set.
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Engraved into the rim.
On tournament editions, the knight is engraved into the maple frame, filled with blackened brass at a single setting.
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Blind-embossed in leather.
On folio and travelling boards, the mark is pressed into the saddle leather of the case — quiet, dry, and felt before seen.
— Drawing notes
Geometry first, sentiment second.
- Proportion
- 1 : 1.2, knight to pedestal
- Stroke
- Single weight, no taper
- Eye
- Hand-set after engraving
- Pedestal
- Two tiers, plain chamfer
- Mane
- Three notches, no more
- Negative space
- Equal to the brass