Smith House Vintage Sandblasted Panel Apple with Ivorite (New)

Taking their name from architect Richard Meier’s avant-garde homestead just off the Long Island Sound, Smith House Pipes are the creation of New York artisan Rich Rosselli. Like the Danish-American functionalists before him, Rosselli excels at creating modernized renditions of tried-and-true, traditional, Anglo-French staples. This he combines with novel uses of color and ornamentation, giving Smith House Pipes their acclaimed, signature aesthetic.

Rich Rosselli’s work is steeped in the Anglo-French tradition and, as such, his portfolio is full of of classic shapes—billiards, Canadians, Dublins, and so on. But there is also a subset of Anglo-French forms that makes appearances in Rosselli’s output that is somewhat less storied, yet no less traditional. That subset is often referred to by the blanket term of the “quaint,” indicating designs that are beyond the established categories of traditional pipe making, but still firmly within its overarching conventions. One could say that, as far as traditional pipes go, a design without a name is a “quaint,” in the same way that nameless modern works are often simply called “freehands.”

In the case of this Smith House, its quaint aspect is its paneling, featuring a foursquare bowl whose facets run diagonal to its shank. This one also features a slight contrast, “Vintage” sandblast, an Ivorite accent, and a tortoiseshell acrylic mouthpiece.

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.76 / 19.30mm

Bowl Depth: 1.57″ / 39.87mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 34g