Holiday Gift Guide

PRESENTS PERFECT: The best gifts are treats for the senses—gleaming, tactile, functional, fun

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A twine stand, an elegant pair of scissors with black horn handles, blackened brass clawfoot candlesticks, clean-burning, virtually dripless palm-oil candles resemble aerated glass; lighted, they glow from within, crystal obelisks, handmade leather-bound journals, crocheted jute baskets, glass decanters, SuperJumboDeluxe clock with birch plywood frame, Newgate red Bubble alarm clock, and Newgate vintage-style small red and black alarm clocks. Throughout, handmade wrapping papers

For the gift wrapper or the gourmet cook: a twine stand, $14, perhaps with an elegant pair of scissors with black horn handles, $16.50, at Classic Remix. Blackened brass clawfoot candlesticks, $62 to $108, at Jayson Home. Clean-burning, virtually dripless palm-oil candles resemble aerated glass; lighted, they glow from within, $18 for a pair, at Refined Rustic. Crystal obelisks, $60, $75, and $105, at Mecox. Handmade leather-bound journals, $20 each, crocheted jute baskets, $90 for a set of three, and glass decanters, $39 each, at SG Grand. SuperJumboDeluxe clock with birch plywood frame, $75, at Haymaker. Newgate red Bubble alarm clock, $45, at Room Service. Newgate vintage-style small red and black alarm clocks, $63.50 each, at Maze Home. Throughout, handmade wrapping papers, $3.50 to $7 per sheet, at Paper Source.

 

Photograph: Tyllie Barbosa

 
Chicago magazine
November - December 2011