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Saalhof 1123

SAALHOF 1123 originates from a former monastic country house and farm in Alsace, France, with a history reaching back to the year 1123.

Since spring 2024, SAALHOF 1123 also maintains a concept store and exhibition space in nearby Basel, Switzerland.

01/07/2026

Whether in Hydra or Stromboli, Biarritz or Bruton: today, she’s going for our complete look: After the beach, on the way to a late breakfast or to a cocktail at sunset, she’s always perfectly dressed with our summer linen shirt by thrown over lilac crochet trousers with matching bag by for , refined by red lacquered mules , sent off with kisses by on their artist silk scarf and- for any light too bright- vintage shades kept in place by glamourosa sunglass chains by . Voilà, that’s all!

20/06/2026

Summer in the house with !!!! Art Basel is in town, high summer has arrived and with it our especially commissioned bench by Swiss design duo Kueng Caputo!

As a premiere for their up-coming exhibition SAALHOF 1123 this fall, the bench is a fresh, contemporary eye catcher on medieval Spalenberg– and has immediately become a social spot for friends, customers, neighbors and visitors.

The series Summer in the House consists of a bench, table, and shelf, designed for outdoor use and available in various colors. A series of outdoor furniture built on reused aluminum structures that carry their own history in the form of holes and marks left from previous use. Completed with hand powder-coated color boards, each piece is unique and makes visible both the value of the material and the presence of the person who made it.

Bench, Summer in the House

Size: H 85 cm, 118 × 44 cm
Boards: 100 × 30 cm
Surface: Handmade powder coating
Material: Steel & aluminum
Construction: Mountable aluminum profiles (reused, 122 × 25 mm)
Use: Outdoor
Colors: Various, available on request

Photos: 3,4 , 5 6 .ch

13/06/2026

Launching tomorrow, Sunday 14 June SAALHOF 1123 !

For L’Esprit, Sonnhild Kestler has designed a large woven cotton blanket is perfect for an afternoon nap or a picnic in the shade. In the tradition of her signature style of color combination and juxtaposition, the blanket invites to be thrown onto surfaces all year around: from the beach to the lawn to the bed.

Sonnhild Kestler is a Swiss textile designer known for her intricate and captivating textiles. Her products include scarves, foulards, woven wool and cotton fabrics. Inspired by folk art. Influenced by Eastern European folklore, Asian art, traditional Indian textiles, and everyday culture, her designs emerge through a collage technique- whether in more figurative- stage like scenes or more abstract compositions of color schemes. Evolved from Zurich’s underground and punks scene and today active as a one-woman business for more than 30 years, Sonnhild Kestler has received the Grand Prix of Design by the Federal Office of Culture, her work is shown in exhibitions both within the design as well as the art context internationally.

Edition of 50
Available Sunday 14 June.

About L’Esprit
L’Esprit drifts from the feeling of a slow summer in the countryside—a collection of objects created in close friendship with artists, designers and beloved collaborators for SAALHOF 1123. Sonnhild Kestler’s woven blanket invites shade‑filled naps; Aglagla’s shimmering glass‑beaded chains keep sunglasses safe in the brightest heat; Maison Metzger’s shirt shelters from sun and evening breeze; Bruno Zhu’s silk scarf for enSoie adds a soft flourish; and Cassidy Toner’s playful Vide‑Poches reinterpretation offers a temporary home for wandering treasures.

Each piece is produced in a strictly limited edition, blurring the lines between art, design and craft. Together, they form a small constellation of exchange, friendship and imagination—the true “Esprit” of SAALHOF 1123.

L’Esprit will be available at SAALHOF 1123 from Sunday, 14 June. During Art Basel, selected pieces will also appear at the Art Basel Shop in Hall 1 near the entrance to Unlimited.

Photography: Moritz Schermbach

12/06/2026

For L’Esprit, an oversized linen‑cotton shirt emerges from our collaboration with the newly revived Basel chemiserie Maison Metzger. Woven from finest Tessitura Carlo Bassetti’s fabric and crafted entirely in Switzerland, it carries the coolness of long summer days and the gentle warmth of evening air. Echoing the nightgowns of our grandfathers, it transforms nostalgia into a contemporary, effortless silhouette. Three sizes invite you to choose your own rhythm—loose or belted, drifting softly alongside Venetian slippers by Piedàterre. A limited edition of 60.

MAISON METZGER
Founded in 1888 as Gustav Metzger AG, the house became known for its precision, innovation and devotion to Swiss craftsmanship. After years of silence, it has been tenderly revived by a small team close to the Metzger family. Their work honors the original spirit: quiet design, honest materials, and garments shaped for comfort, longevity and understated elegance.

About L’Esprit
L’Esprit drifts from the feeling of a slow summer in the countryside—a collection of objects created in close friendship with artists, designers and beloved collaborators for SAALHOF 1123. Sonnhild Kestler’s woven blanket invites shade‑filled naps; Aglagla’s shimmering glass‑beaded chains keep sunglasses safe in the brightest heat; Maison Metzger’s shirt shelters from sun and evening breeze; Bruno Zhu’s silk scarf for enSoie adds a soft flourish; and Cassidy Toner’s playful Vide‑Poches reinterpretation offers a temporary home for wandering treasures.

Each piece is produced in a strictly limited edition, blurring the lines between art, design and craft. Together, they form a small constellation of exchange, friendship and imagination—the true “Esprit” of SAALHOF 1123.

L’Esprit will be available at SAALHOF 1123 from Sunday, 14 June. During Art Basel, selected pieces will also appear at the Art Basel Shop in Hall 1 near the entrance to Unlimited.

09/06/2026

Sunglass chains have rarely been a fashionable object of desire or a particular symbol of sophistication. Until Aglagla came along!

Founded in Geneva by Lyla Marsol and Anouck Mutsaerts — an artist and jewelry maker alongside a stylist and creative director — Agla Agla starts where function begins and ends somewhere entirely different. Each piece is handcrafted in their atelier using curated vintage and contemporary glass beads, shaped by a shared obsession with color and the kind of craftsmanship that makes an everyday object feel impossible to overlook.

This is exactly the spirit behind L’Esprit — the inaugural edition by SAALHOF 1123. A collection of functional objects, each one conceived and created in close dialogue with artists, designers, and makers. The idea is simple and radical at once: that the things we use every day deserve the same intention, care, and artistry as any work of art. Strictly limited, between 20 and 100 pieces per object.

For L’Esprit, Agla Agla brings that sensibility to a sunglass chain — an object that was always functional, now undeniably a jewel.

Launching during Art Basel Week, 14 June 2026.

08/06/2026

L’Esprit Cocktail

Sunday, 14 June 2026
17:00–20:00

Join us for a Sunday evening cocktail at enSoie & SAALHOF 1123, Spalenberg 27, Basel. On your way to or from Basel Social Club, stop by and celebrate the latest addition to the L’Esprit collection by Bruno Zhu.

Continuing enSoie’s tradition of artist-designed scarves, Bruno Zhu created a silk foulard featuring his signature lipstick kiss motif, a playful reference to both love and his name, „B.Zhu“ / „bisou“.

L’Esprit is inspired by a slow summer in the countryside and brings together special collaborations with artists, designers and brands including , , , and .

Available from 14 June at and during at the Art Basel Store, Hall 1, next to Art Unlimited.

Allez, B.Zhu!

05/06/2026

L’Esprit is a collection of beautiful things and objects designed in close collaboration with some of our dear artists, designers and brands– especially for SAALHOF 1123.

L’Esprit is the fantasy of a summer in the countryside, spent with plenty of leisure and few plans, a summer of long conversations at the table with family and friends, stretching deep into the cool night. A summer of slow days with thick books, maybe a trip into town or to the water just on time to watch the sun set before we return home full of new memories.

All of L’Esprit ‘s items have been produced in a strictly limited edition and exclusively for SAALHOF 1123. They deliberately blur the boundaries between contemporary art, design and craftsmanship to create new, playful variations. At the same time, they are an expression of exchange, friendship and collaboration – entirely in keeping with the “Esprit” of SAALHOF 1123.

With , , , , and

Looking forward to seeing you Sunday 14 June, 17:00

Photography and Videography:
Make-up and Editorial Assistant:
Model: Hagar Schmidhalter
SAALHOF 1123, 2026

04/06/2026

Breaking News Tomorrow ☀️

01/06/2026

La nouvelle boutique en-ligne: our brand-new website and store is up!

We took a few long hikes into the valleys of technology and numeric logics, but now it is up– our beautiful new website www.saalhof1123.com!

So join us on an online stroll throught the SAALHOF 1123 universe of all things we adore– for their subtle handling of materials, their colors, their careful way of manifacture and their potential to make you shine…

We hope to joyfully disrupt your daily routines with some quality screen time.
The doors are open for those baskets to be filled! Voilà!

We look forward to seeing you– both en-ligne and at Spalenberg 27.

15/05/2026

Entirely hand-stitched and made in Italy, with 100% cotton velvet and rubber sole. Sizes available for adults 37 - 43 EU Sizes available for children (Bambino) 28 - 35 Other sizes and models available on request

About Piedàterre:
Located right next to the Venice’s most famous Rialto Bridge, Piedàterre’s original, tiny shop painted in light blue and packed from floor to ceiling with their precious velvet slippers has been a home to many connoisseurs of Italian Dolce Vita since 1952.

A must stop-over for actors, artists and other creatives passing through la Serenissima for biennales and film festivals, Piedaterre has become an international phenomenon where style, fashion and craftsmanship meet at its best. While many brands have entered the market of velvet slippers since 1952, Piedàterre is not only the original and authentic Venetian Friulane” maker, but also the only one where each pair is entirely handmade in their community of Italian craftspeople. Each detail from the weaving of their artisanal velvet to cutting and the meticulous final stitching, every phase follows a protocol that rejects haste in favour of absolute dedication.

The history of the Venetian slipper also known as „Friulane” was born in the 19th Century north of Veneto, in Friuli, where, during a period of post-war necessity, Italian families began to stitch together sumptuous velvet curtains from closed theatres and flattened bicycle tyres to make new shoes with genius and flair.

Today Piedàterre slippers bring understated chic and a timeless sensibility to contemporary wardrobes from Piazza San Marco aperitivos to New York red carpets and Amalfi Coast sunsets.

And for the first time, we are pleased to feature the adorable mini slippers for bambini along the classic Modigliani and Mary-Jane models.

At Saalhof 1123 we are honored to be one of very selected vendors of this cultural icon throughout the world - exclusively in Switzerland.

SAALHOF 1123
SPALENBERG 27
4051 Basel
Switzerland

tue – FRI 11:00 – 18:30
SaT 10:00 – 17:00

www.saalhof1123.com/shop

Adresse

Rebgasse 41
Basel
4058

Öffnungszeiten

Mittwoch	14:00 - 19:00
Donnerstag	14:00 - 19:00
Freitag	14:00 - 19:00
Samstag	11:00 - 17:00

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