The Great Copper Mountain
Falun, Bergslagen and a thousand years of Swedish copper. How a mine became a colour, a heritage site and the logo on an LJB wallet and belt.
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LJB Leather Wallet
Old Town stone in the leather, Swedish copper in the mark
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A wallet in dark blue textured leather, its surface drawn from the cobblestones of Gamla stan, Stockholm’s Old Town. Inside, smooth brown leather, several card slots and a diagonal pocket. On the front, the LJB logo in copper. Released as a numbered series of twenty-five.
Details
- Exterior
- Dark blue textured leather
- Interior
- Smooth brown leather, card slots and a diagonal pocket
- Hardware
- LJB logo in copper
- Made in
- Sweden
- Series
- First series, 25 numbered pieces
- Dimensions
- [DIMENSIONS]
- Delivery
- Included. Tracked and insured, to Sweden and the European Union.
- Returns
- 14 days from delivery.
- Includes
- A certificate recording the series and the number of your piece.
- Manufacturer
- [LEGAL NAME], [ADDRESS], Swedenhello
@lewisjohnbroo.com
Story
Gamla stan is the oldest part of Stockholm, a medieval town on an island, its narrow lanes paved in stone and walked for centuries. The setts are uneven, worn smooth in places, and in the low northern light they turn a blue that is close to black. The exterior of the wallet is cut from a dark blue textured leather chosen for that surface: a grain with the same quiet irregularity as the street, recognised by the hand before the eye.
Inside, the tone changes. The interior is a smooth brown leather, warm against the cool of the exterior, laid out with several card slots and a diagonal pocket for what is reached for most often. Nothing is added for show. The wallet is made to sit flat in a coat and to open quietly.
The LJB logo on the front is set in copper. At Falun, in Dalarna, the mine known as Stora Kopparberget was worked for close to a thousand years and is today a UNESCO World Heritage site. Sweden’s metalwork tradition was built on that ground: copper for roofs, coin and bells, and the craft to shape it. On the wallet it is a small, deliberate mark.
Each wallet carries its own number, known to its owner and to no one else, and is accompanied by a certificate that records it. When the twenty-fifth piece has found its owner, the series closes.
