Limited Edition of 10
The Escarpment
About 145 bottles across Texas limestone.
Starting at
$5,000
Engineered before it is offered. Every edition ships with a full architectural drawing set.
Shown as rendered in the studio concept. Starting price reflects the base Signature configuration; the edition is drawn to your room on commission.
Capacity
145
Width
To your wall
Height
Floor to ceiling
Depth
Reach-in
The rods
Bronze, in pairs
Slim bronze rods run in front and rear pairs between white-oak stiles, and the bottles lie across them label-out, necks all one way. It is a library-shelf rhythm, set against stone.
The ledge
Notched, not propped
At hand height a white-oak ledge runs the full width, notched to hold each bottle at the neck as it leans back. The row on the ledge is the one you choose from.
The limestone
Lit from the side
Split-face Texas limestone fills the back of every bay, grazed by light hidden in the oak, so the rough face throws shadow and glows. It is the Hill Country, behind glass.
The wall
Set into the house
White oak, cream limestone and a black steel perimeter around frameless glass, set into a thick wall between dining room and hall. It reads as if the house grew around it.
FINISH
The Escarpment
Four ways
Tap a finish to sweep it across the room. As shown is included; the alternates change the timber and metal and leave the design untouched. The edition is ten across every finish, so a finish no one else chooses can be yours alone.
As Shown
Walnut & Bronze
Fumed Oak & Steel
All Black
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Custom
Selected finish
As designed
Glass
Light
Custom finish
Every material opens up — species, stain, metal, glass and stone chosen with us rather than from a list. Available on any edition, priced above the authored finishes. Still numbered.
Edition of Ten
Reserve your edition.
Three decisions: how deep it runs, which specification, and how you’d like it delivered. Cooling, structural load and engineering are ours — they’re never a question you have to answer.
The Escarpment is shown at about 145 bottles. It is drawn to your room on commission rather than sold in sizes: the three bays, the oak stiles and the ledge hold their proportion, and capacity follows the room. Counts are confirmed at specification.
Included in price
Have this configuration sent to you
We'll email the specification exactly as you've built it. No obligation, no drawings released.
Pricing shown is indicative. Final price is confirmed after field verification of your opening.
What Design Plans includes
Full architectural drawings dimensioned to your verified opening — plan, elevations, sections and details — plus structural load calculations, a complete material schedule listing every component, finish and quantity, and the cooling specification sized for your configuration. A licensed set, not a sketch.
Materials are not supplied at this level. Our racking, glass and cooling partners sell through authorised dealers only, so if you’d like us to supply and crate the components, choose Design + Materials.
Credited if you upgrade. The full plans fee is credited toward Design + Materials or Design + Build if you move up within twelve months.
Licensed for one build at one address. Not transferable and not for resale.
Provenance
Drawn, then built.
The Escarpment is a concept from the Prestige studio, named for the Balcones limestone that runs through Austin. Split-face cream Texas limestone is lit from the edges and framed in white oak, and about 145 bottles lie across it label-out on slim paired bronze rods, with a notched oak ledge at hand height running through all three bays.
It is set into a thick wall between rooms, so no room is given up to it. It is drawn on commission, to your wall, behind a frameless glass front.
TX
Limestone
Split-face cream limestone from the Hill Country, the hero surface of the piece.
3
Bays
Oak stiles in a strict symmetrical elevation, with the ledge running through all three.
How It Works
Designed by us. Installed by yours (Or Us!).
Every edition ships as a complete, engineered kit — crated, numbered, and ready for your contractor.
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Reserve your edition
Choose your size, specification and delivery. We assign your edition number and open the drawing, engineered to your verified opening.
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Field verification
Your contractor then submits verified opening dimensions before anything goes into production.
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Fabrication
Posts, racking, glass, lighting and hardware are fabricated to your verified measurements — in parallel, with the longest-lead component setting the schedule.
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Crated delivery
Everything arrives palletized and labeled by install sequence, with a printed guide and video for each assembly.
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Your contractor installs
Posts anchor floor to ceiling, the base sets like millwork, and the glass drops into the channel. We’re on call throughout.
Box & Papers
Owned by ten. Documented like it.
A fine watch is worth more with its box and papers. Your cellar arrives the same way.
The Ownership Card
Black anodised · No. 01 of 10
The ownership card.
Black anodized metal, laser-etched with the model, specification and edition number. It lives with the deed — not in a drawer.
The etched code opens your cellar’s private record: original drawings, material schedule, appraisal, and complete service history.
Scan → prestigecellars.com/registry/escarpment-01
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The portfolio
A linen-bound folio holding the certificate of authenticity, signed and dated to your edition number.
02 / 04
As-built drawings
Your full shop drawings and material schedule — every finish, fitting and post spec, as installed.
03 / 04
Appraisal letter
A written valuation for insurance today, and for the listing when the home eventually sells.
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Brass plaque
Engraved “The Escarpment · No. __ of 10,” set into the piece itself.
Technical Specifications
Held to a Standard.
Edition
Limited — 10 total
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Capacity
about 145 bottles · as shown
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Dimensions
Drawn to your room
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The rods
Paired bronze · oak stiles
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The ledge
Notched oak · hand height
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The limestone
Split-face · edge-lit
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Glass
Frameless · centre pivot pair
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Lead time
Drawn on commission · then 8–12 weeks
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Questions
Answered.
Who installs it?
Your own contractor. Every edition is engineered as a complete wine cellar kit — components arrive crated, numbered and drawn to your verified opening, with an installation set a competent carpenter can work from. No specialty glazier, no factory crew flown across the country. In Texas we install it ourselves if you’d rather.
Will it fit my space?
Almost certainly, and it won’t need to be a standard size.
The Escarpment is drawn to your verified opening rather than to a catalogue dimension.
It scales across Drawn to your wall · recessed, floor to ceiling, and the proportions hold at any size in that range.
What happens if a measurement is wrong?
The sequence is built to prevent it. The channel and framing ship first and are installed before anything is cut. Your contractor then returns signed, verified opening dimensions, and only then is the glass cut and the racking finalised. Nothing expensive is fabricated against a number nobody has checked.
What’s included, and what isn’t?
Included: the architectural drawing set, all racking and display components, glass, lighting, hardware, the cooling unit sized for your configuration, and crated delivery. Not included: the wall or enclosure itself, electrical supply, and finish work by others. The drawing set states exactly which trades you need and what each is responsible for.
How long does it take?
It varies with the design — components are fabricated in parallel, and the longest one sets the schedule. Millwork runs eight to twelve weeks; metalwork two to four; frameless glass and mirrors about two; the cooling unit about two. Insulated glass doors are the long lead at twelve to sixteen weeks. Your drawing set states the schedule for your exact configuration before anything is fabricated.
What happens if the cooling fails?
Cooling is the one part that fails invisibly — you don’t find out until the wine does. Every edition is sized and specified by us rather than chosen from a list, and Prestige Care covers it from there. If a unit needs a technician the $500 service call is credited toward a replacement.
Is it really only ten?
Yes. Ten of each design, each numbered and recorded in the registry, and then the edition closes for good. The drawings aren’t reissued and the design isn’t rerun under another name.
Can I change the materials?
Yes — that’s Custom, available on any edition. Species, stain, metal finish, glass and stone are chosen with us rather than from a list, and layout or proportions can change too. Still numbered, still part of the edition, and priced above the authored finishes.