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ABOUT ARDENHOLT & CO
Old‑world craft, made to be kept
Ardenholt & Co is a British brand devoted to objects you look forward to living with for years, not things you forget by January. Nutcrackers, smokers, chess sets and carefully chosen gifts are treated as future heirlooms, designed to be handled, repaired and passed on.
Inspired by the nostalgia of treasured family pieces, we create objects that feel quietly familiar from the first day, becoming part of your rituals rather than seasonal clutter.
From artists workshops to British homes
Ardenholt & Co began in Devon with a simple fascination: the small, obsessive workshops where wood, metal and fabric are still worked slowly by hand.
Our niche is narrow by design: European‑made objects with real weight, character and history behind them. Instead of chasing trends, we look for makers who work in wood, leather, metal and natural fibres, and who build things to be repaired, cared for and passed on.
DESINGERS, MAKERS, COLLABORATORS
Ardenholt works with a network of independent makers, designers and family workshops. Some design entire collections; others are responsible for a single, perfectly judged detail – a turned finial, a leather handle, a particular shade of stain.
What unites them is a respect for traditional techniques and an interest in how pieces age: how wood darkens, how leather softens, how a figure acquires a history of mantelpieces and windowsills.
Ardenholt & Co – Crafted for keeping
“Crafted for keeping” isn’t just a line; it’s a filter. If a design doesn’t feel like something you’d happily see in photographs ten years from now, it doesn’t belong here.
The hope is that Ardenholt pieces will move with you through houses and chapters, picked up and put down, wrapped and unwrapped, until they stop feeling like “bought things” and start feeling like part of the story.