Country Life mentions The Empty Box Company in a fascinating article on the Romantic Hat Box
Country life writes the following:
The Empty Box Company, however, is keeping tradition alive, and has been creating handmade hatboxes in its Devon workshop since 1988. It was a Christy’s top-hat box found in a gentleman’s tailor shop in Norwich that inspired co-founders Giselle Hulme and James Teague, who realised the rarity of these charming vessels. Today, striped boxes and William Morris designs are their bestsellers. Their circular hatbox ‘has a traditional yet timeless feel to it, with ribbon, either tied to the lid, or from the base, to tie as a bow on top, to give that Edwardian feel of unwrapping and revealing something very special inside,’ points out Ms Hulme, who trims the inside with lace and uses pH-neutral board and acid-free tissue paper to prevent discolouration. Memorable commissions include window displays for Harrods and the hatboxes in Rose’s wedding trousseau in Downton Abbey. Customers also use their hatboxes as memory boxes, gift boxes or home storage.
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