Thornwillow and Montblanc: An Inauguration Collaboration
Thornwillow, a New York-based private press, and Montblanc, the European maker of writing instruments and timepieces, have joined forces to celebrate the forthcoming presidential inauguration. A pop-up shop featuring their wares will open January 18 in the lobby of the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., where visitors can put fine pen to fine paper: use a Montblanc to write a letter on Thornwillow stationery to President Obama, and the St. Regis butlers will deliver it to the White House for you.
Of course, you may also choose to shop. As part of the inauguration celebration, Thornwillow has issued A Presidential Miscellany, a limited edition, letterpress-printed compendium of anecdotes, facts, and figures relating to presidential history, edited by Lewis Lapham. They'll also sell a special edition of President Obama's first inaugural address and American-themed letterpress stationery. Montblanc will showcase limited edition fountain pens from its "America's Signatures for Freedom" collection, a series that pays tribute to America's founding fathers, as well as leather goods and accessories.
The Presidential Miscellany is available online for pre-order in both a standard edition in wrapper for $40 and a half-leather edition signed by Lapham and limited to 150 copies for $400. It will also be available at Thornwillow's Library Gallery at the St. Regis in New York City.
