A large book shaped gift box, 18 x 26 x 5 cm, wrapped in a linen textured paper in a warm grey brown. One board makes the cover and one tray makes the base; the two are joined by the paper wrapped over the left edge, so the cover swings on that single 26 cm spine and lies back nearly flat. The box is built for what lies flat: silk and wool scarves, high-end textiles, a dinner plate or a pair of small dishes.
One Cover, One Tray, One Paper Spine
The cover is a single board, 18 cm wide and 26 cm tall, with square corners and no joint across its face. The tray is four shallow walls around one flat floor, glued onto the back cover board. That board runs out a millimetre or two past the tray wall, so a shut box reads as one block with a thin step along its side.
The spine is not a fitting. It is the same sheet of paper carried from the cover, across the fold, onto the back cover, so the hinge is paper against paper and there is no metal pin, no barrel and nothing to work loose.
The Skirt Is What Centres The Cover
The cover carries a narrow skirt along three of its edges, about a centimetre deep. When the cover comes down, that skirt closes over the outside of the tray wall: it does not drop into the tray and it does not sit flat on the rim. The skirt takes the play out of the hinge, keeps the cover square and stops it sliding, which is why a shut box shows one hairline seam about a centimetre below the top instead of a gap down one side.
On the closed box those five centimetres of side are two segments, not one: the skirt band at the top and the tray wall below it. One horizontal line, and it sits high. See how the lid skirt sets that seam for the construction in detail.
A Bare Floor, Cut To Take Flat Goods
Nothing is glued into the tray. There is no liner, no divider and no platform: the floor is one unbroken sheet of the same paper, so a folded scarf, a stack of napkins or a plate sits straight down and lifts out without catching on a rim. That bare floor is the point of the size. A lined tray looks fuller in a photograph, but every lining edge is something a flat item has to be lifted over.
If you need cavities, a die-cut foam, EVA or paperboard insert can be added and sits level with the tray mouth. The standard box ships empty.
Linen Texture In A Warm Grey Brown
The paper is a fine linen textured art paper, wrapped by hand over greyboard that is cut and corner taped. One sheet covers the cover, the tray and the spine, so the block holds a single colour and the corners stay square. The tone is a warm grey brown, measured on a lit face at #938578, with red sitting about 28 points above blue; that warmth is why it reads brown under daylight and grey under cool lighting, and why it photographs well against white.
The cover face is the largest unbroken panel, so it takes one logo, one foil block or one colour field without fighting a fold. The box in the photographs is plain.
What Fits In 18 x 26 x 5 cm
A folded silk scarf or a wool scarf sits in one layer with room to spare at the ends. High-end textiles fold to the same footprint. A dinner plate up to 26 cm across clears the tray, and a pair of small dishes stacks inside the depth. A folded shirt or a set of prints goes in flat. Five centimetres of depth takes one folded layer plus a tissue wrap, which is what most flat gift packs need.
Sizes From 15 x 20 To 30 x 40 cm
This size is cut to a drawing rather than picked from a list: footprints run from 15 x 20 cm to 30 x 40 cm and depths from 3 cm to 8 cm. The cover, the tray and the spine are set together so that a closed box still shows one line, whatever the proportion. A stock size starts at 300 pcs; a bespoke size or bespoke artwork starts at 500 pcs per size.
Send a drawing, a reference or a sample and a dieline and a 3D mockup come back free within 1 to 3 days. A physical sample follows in 5 to 7 days. Bulk runs take 18 to 25 days after sample approval, and small runs take 10 to 15 days. DDP door to door is standard, and FOB Nansha and EXW Guangzhou are quoted as well. Ask for a free sample if you want to feel the paper first.
How The Box Is Built
Greyboard is cut, the four corners are taped, and the paper is wrapped by hand. The tray is glued onto the back cover, the cover is fitted so the skirt clears the wall by the same amount all round, and the seam is checked closed before anything is packed. Boxes go into a PP bag, then an export carton, then a pallet.
Paper is FSC compliant, the plant holds ISO 9001:2015 certificate ZYC24Q00141R1S, and RoHS reports, German and French EPR registration and a GPSR EU responsible person are on file. Those are the only documents we quote, and each one can be checked.
This is one of several rigid builds we make; the rest are on the gift box page and under paper boxes. A magnetic version of the same book shape is built as the book shaped magnetic gift box.
Questions Buyers Ask About A Book Box
Does the cover stay shut without a clasp?
Closed, the skirt holds the cover square and the two boards sit face to face. In transit the export carton holds the cover down, which is how a book box is normally shipped. If you need the cover to hold itself out of the carton, say so before the dieline is cut.
Can the tray be lined?
Yes. A flocked or paper lining, or a die-cut foam or paperboard insert, can be added to the same construction. The standard box is left bare so that flat goods lift out cleanly.
Is the paper printed?
The box in the photographs is plain. Printing is offset or foil on the cover face; the paper colour is matched from a swatch or a Pantone reference.
What is the minimum order?
300 pcs for a stock size in one colour with one print pass; 500 pcs per size for a bespoke size, a new dieline or multi-colour print. More on the FAQ page.
How The Box Is Measured
| Measure | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 18 cm | across the cover, left to right |
| Height | 26 cm | the spine edge |
| Depth | 5 cm | closed, over cover and skirt |
| Height to width | 26 : 18 | 1.444 |
| Tray depth | about 4 cm | floor to the top of the wall |
| Lid skirt | about 1 cm | round three edges, outside the tray wall |
| Back cover | 1 to 2 mm proud | of the tray wall |
| Part | What it is | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Cover | one board, 18 x 26 cm | the front face; swings back on the spine |
| Spine wrap | paper over the left 26 cm edge | the hinge; no metal, no pin |
| Tray | four walls and one flat floor | holds the goods; glued to the back cover |
| Skirt | about 1 cm band on three edges | closes outside the tray wall and centres the cover |
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