Identity
Gold & Wood, a Maison of Exception that cultivates its singularity and personifies Tradition, Heritage and Innovation, Authenticity and Creativity
In 1995 Maurice Léonard, our founder and muse, created Gold & Wood and set up his handcrafted factory in a small magical city called Hosingen, located in Luxembourg.
The first mission of Gold & Wood is to provide pleasure and dreams surrounding Luxury and high end eyewear, and Jewelry.
The Gold & Wood Master Craftsmen cultivate the perfection of this concept utilizing the strictest rules of luxury craftsmanship. They excel at crafting objects of exception, designed with the rarest of noble materials.
Gold & Wood models objects of desire, always imbued with a singular know-how.
Values
Our values are based on emotion and not on needs.
Authenticity, pride, timelessness, singularity and craftsmanship, fully define Gold & Wood.
The love of the product, the respect of the creation, the authenticity, the sense of the detail maintaining the quality, always oriented our choices.
We cultivate our excellence by focusing on creativity and innovation, differentiating from our competitors.
The customer is at the heart of our development strategy, we want to offer a unique sensory experience.
Our distinction : Transforming emotional buying into a singular sensory experience.
Our luxury : Transmitting emotions, providing pleasure and dreams.
Our credo : Reinterpret with sensory awarness, the codes of elegance and timelessness. Give priority to craftsmenship’s conviction and innovative design all complete with respect of the details.
Know-how
Then comes the careful selection of wood species, according to their nobility, their rarity and the emotion they inspire.
The different wood veneers are then shaped and delicately plated on thin aluminum strips.
At the heart of the workshop, a true laboratory of creation and innovation, safe and precise gestures made exclusively by hand, perpetuate a know-how that our Master Craftsmen have passed on for decades.
From the sketch to the frame, dozens of technical steps will follow each other to give life to each Eyepiece.
Time is a key ingredient in the equation of the Manufacture, a creation that can mobilize our craftsmen for more than 6 months.
Gold & Wood, a reference in terms of innovation and craftsmanship, which preserves its identity and DNA while constantly reinventing itself.
Heritage
Our frames reflect a strong personality and an authentic singularity
Rare wood species
We are the only ones on the market to offer a diversity of 12 different precious wood species.
Hand-painted natural silk
Our heritage of nearly 25 years in the art of silk embedded in the heart of wood veneers.
Carbon fiber
We acquired the exclusive control of the integration of carbon fiber in the heart of our eyepieces.
Water buffalo horn
We work with solid horn, its color and pattern are unique, each eyepiece is different.
Solid gold and diamonds
We make Eyepieces of Excellence in the rules of the jeweler's art.