2026 HARVEST · ON THE SHELF
The 2026 buttons are here.
Three buttons from the 2026 crops, refined for this bench by the fifth-generation family we source from. Each is one harvest, pressed in one run — limited by what the trees gave, and gone when it's gone. Aruna is entirely new: a premium golden kusum-tree button from the Jeth harvest, never offered before.
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JETH HARVEST · FIRST OFFERING
Aruna Super Golden Button Lac
Aruna — an entirely new grade. A premium golden button from the Jeth harvest of the kusum tree, never offered until this run.
$75.50 USD/lb · Sizes from $21.40 USD
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JETHWA · DARK
Jethwa Dark Button Lac
Dark button from the 2026 Jeth harvest — 100% single harvest, pressed in one run.
$70.35 USD/lb · Sizes from $20.10 USD
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On order
BYSAKHI · DARK
Bysakhi Dark Button Lac — 2026 Crop
Genuine dark button from the 2026 Bysakhi spring crop — a name that's grown scarce; this is the real thing, verified at the source.
$69.50 USD/lb · Sizes from $19.90 USD
Coming fall 2026
The color is the finish.
For centuries, turners in southern India have laid down color and a mirror polish in a single pass — a stick of colored lac, friction heat, and a leaf to burnish it to glass. No topcoat, no solvents. A small first edition in true natural dyes, coming fall 2026.
Be first when the first edition opens.
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MERIT REPAIR STICK · IN STOCK
Merit Burn-In Sticks
Hand-poured shellac-and-rosin repair sticks, made in small batches — the period-correct chemistry that quietly fixes more antique furniture than anything else in the trade. Select sets are on the shelf now, with more colors and sets added as production ramps up.
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DEWAXED · WARM MID-TONE
Dewaxed Amber Shellac Flake
The classic warm mid-tone — orange-amber in solution, depth without the deep red of garnet. The grade most general finishers reach for first.
$65.25 USD/lb · Sizes from $18.85 USD
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DEWAXED · RUBY RED
Dewaxed Ruby Shellac Flake
The red-toned grade of the dewaxed line — a ruddy maroon-red where amber and garnet stay in the browns.
$67.80 USD/lb · Sizes from $19.45 USD
The Hollow.
Notes on the material, the people who use it, and the work that doesn't scale.
HISTORY
The History of Shellac, Part 1: An Ancient Resin
Where shellac comes from — the ancient resin behind the finish, traced from its origins forward.
MATERIAL
Rediscovering Button Lac
Shellac made the old way — melted over an open fire, pressed by hand through cloth, and very nearly forgotten. What button lac is, and why it endures.
REFERENCE
Pound Cut Chart
Dry shellac per gallon, quart, and pint at every common cut — the reference to keep at the bench.
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