Luxembourg · Luxembourg · Since 1995
Gold & Wood
Rare wood veneers, horn and gold, crafted as Luxembourg luxury eyewear.
The story
Belgian entrepreneur Maurice Léonard founded Wood Optic Diffusion, the company behind Gold & Wood, in Luxembourg in 1995 to make luxury frames from noble materials. Its craftsmen laid thin veneers of rare wood over aluminium, later adding buffalo horn, hand-painted silk, carbon fibre, and solid gold with diamonds. For years the frames were made in a workshop in Hosingen in northern Luxembourg, and the company also made licensed eyewear for Boucheron and Korloff. After a sharp drop in business during the pandemic, the original company went bankrupt in 2022, and the brand has since been relaunched under new owners.
Look for
Figured wood veneer over a slim aluminium core, sometimes with hand-painted silk beneath the surface.
- Made
- Luxembourg workshop historically (Hosingen, moved to Troisvierges in 2022); current production site not published
- Owned by
- Independent, new owners since 2022
- Frames here
- Catalogue coming
- Stores listed
- 13
- Official site
- gold-and-wood.com
Where to try Gold & Wood
13 listed stores.
- Optique PrismPlateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal
9 designers: Anne et Valentin, Barton Perreira, CABRIO, Gold & Wood, Lunor…
- Gallery EyewearMount Pleasant, Vancouver
11 designers: Barton Perreira, Blake Kuwahara, Gold & Wood, Hoet, Jacques Marie Mage…
- Rook EyewearKensington, Calgary
9 designers: Bevel, CABRIO, FACTORY900, Gold & Wood, LINDBERG…
- Birch & Lens Eye StudioSilver Lake, Los Angeles
7 designers: Anne et Valentin, BLAC, Gold & Wood, LINDBERG, Oliver Peoples…
- Halcyon OptiqueSanta Monica, Los Angeles
10 designers: Anne et Valentin, Barton Perreira, BLAC, Blake Kuwahara, Gold & Wood…
- Umber Eye StudioGold Coast, Chicago
5 designers: Barton Perreira, Bruno Chaussignand, Gold & Wood, LINDBERG, MASAHIROMARUYAMA
- Alder Spectacle Co.Wicker Park, Chicago
5 designers: Barton Perreira, BLAC, eyewitness by theo, Gold & Wood, Oliver Peoples
- Tamarack EyewearWest Loop, Chicago
8 designers: Anne et Valentin, Barton Perreira, Bevel, BLAC, Gold & Wood…