A personalized serving board engraved with the shoreline of Lake Maggiore, in reclaimed antique chestnut from the 1800s. For the table at home, and for anyone who has ever taken the boat from Stresa to the islands.
Lake Maggiore serving board
Lake Maggiore is long, slender and shared by two countries. We trace its shoreline into wood that has lived two centuries, and fill it with resin that stays smooth under your hand.
The board
A personalized serving board for the center of the table. You pick the lake; we engrave its shoreline and seal it in resin.
Preview render with a sample lake. Final pieces will differ slightly.
The lake
A few facts about the lake you are about to put on the table.
Lake Maggiore runs for about 65 kilometers from the Italian shores of Piedmont and Lombardy up into Swiss Ticino. Its northern tip reaches Locarno and Ascona; its southern end closes between Arona and Angera, where the Ticino river leaves the lake on its way to the Po.
The outline is long and narrow, widening in front of Stresa and Verbania into the Borromean Gulf, where the three Borromean Islands sit: Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Isola dei Pescatori. It is the shape that anyone who has crossed the lake by ferry carries in their head.
After Lake Garda it is the second-largest lake in Italy, and it has several names: Lago Maggiore in Italian, Verbano in older Italian and Latin usage, Langensee in German. Whatever you call it, the shoreline on the board is the same.
Lakegrains is based in Canzo, in Lombardy. Whether your Lake Maggiore is Stresa, Cannobio, Luino or Locarno, the board carries the same shoreline.
How it's made
Three steps, from old wood to finished board.
Lake Maggiore is the lake you pick. Prefer another one? Any European lake is possible on request.
The shoreline of Lake Maggiore is laser engraved into reclaimed antique chestnut from the 1800s, selected for its grain and cut by hand.
The engraving is filled with food-safe resin, so the lake stays smooth under your hand. Then you decide: flat on the table, or raised on steel legs.
Details
Where it fits, and what it is not.
The keepsake
Back from Stresa, Cannobio or the Borromean Islands? This is the Lake Maggiore keepsake that lives on the table instead of in a drawer.
The gift
Some know Lake Maggiore from the Italian side, some from the Swiss side, some from both. A gift for anyone whose summers, house or family history are tied to this lake.
Serving, not cutting
It is a serving board, not a cutting board. Bring the cheese, the oysters or the dessert to the table on it, flat or on steel legs.
One of a kind
The grain of wood from the 1800s never repeats, so no two Lake Maggiore boards are the same.
Waitlist
We are in pre-launch. Join the waitlist and we'll write to you before anyone else, as soon as the first, small run opens.
FAQ
A serving board in reclaimed antique chestnut from the 1800s, with the shoreline of Lake Maggiore laser engraved and filled with food-safe resin. Every board is one of a kind.
They are the names of the same lake. Maggiore means "greater" in Italian, Verbano comes from the Latin Lacus Verbanus, and Langensee is the German name, literally "long lake".
Yes. Lakegrains engraves the most important lake of every European country, plus any other European lake on request, for example Lake Como, Lake Garda or Lake Constance. If yours is missing, get in touch.
Yes. The resin is food-safe, so you can serve directly on the board.
No. It is a serving board, not a cutting board. Slice in the kitchen, then bring the cheese, the oysters or the dessert to the table on the board.
Of course. Leave the steel legs off and it sits flat on the table; add them and it becomes a raised serving piece.
Lakegrains is in pre-launch and the first run is small and limited. Waitlist members hear first, with one email when we open.
Lakegrains is run by Tecno-System di Paredi Enrico, based in Canzo, in Lombardy, Italy.
Don't see yours? We engrave the most important lake of every European country, and any other European lake on request. Write to us.