THORNE & VALE — PLATE 00
The Line, Assembling
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Thorne & Vale — No. 07, SS26
ISSUE NO. 07 — SPRING/SUMMER 2026

The Line.

Modern eyewear, considered from the hinge up — an issue on frame, material, and light.

COVER PLATE — THE CASSIAN, HAND-FINISHED ACETATE
CONTENTS

"Nothing decorative, nothing default — every plate in this issue earns its page."

PLATE 03 — THE CONFIGURATOR

Build the frame.

3D VIEW
3D VIEW PLATE 03
PLATE 04 — SS26, THE LINE

Three, considered.

Nothing decorative, nothing
default.

"Every frame carries the mark of the hand that finished it."

FIG. 05 — WORKSHOP, BOLOGNA

Since
1962.

One workshop. One family. Four generations of hand-finishers.

PLATE 05 — THE ATELIER

18

hand-finished stages, per frame

From raw acetate block to hinge-set, in a single Bologna workshop we've worked with since the beginning.
Spec Sheet — Do Not Reproduce
PLATE 06 — MATERIALS

What it's
made of.

Four materials, one hinge. Nothing on this list is decorative.

REG.
APPROVED — SS26
— Materials — Materials — Materials — Materials —
PLATE 07 — DOSSIERS ON THE WEARER

ed.
08
PLATE 08 — SIX TENETS (SELECT)
Issue No. 07 — The Line

REG.

Thorne &
Vale

Nine plates on the making of a frame. Bologna atelier, since 1962.

Contents
Credits Creative Direction — Thorne & Vale Studio Typefaces — Bodoni Moda, Space Mono Materials — Ti, Acetate, Mineral Glass Printed on — 120gsm archival stock
Notes from the Atelier
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