OPIUM

Fragments & evidence

Pinned to the vault wall.

what little we let escape

No tidy catalogue. These are the pieces that slipped out of Opium and never quite found their way back: candlelit serves, gilt corners, the door that refuses to advertise itself. Hover, and each fragment turns to face you.

The candlelit vault at Opium Bath: a stone-arched room with stag taxidermy, gold candelabra and crushed-velvet furniture.
No. 01the vault, after dark
Two foamed coupe cocktails crowned with dried citrus, side-lit on a dark tray.
No. 02a serve, side-lit
A signature Opium cocktail glowing amber in low candlelight.
No. 03amber, held to the candle
A theatrical serve garnished and lit from the side against deep shadow.
No. 04theatre in a coupe
A coupe cocktail with a dried citrus wheel, photographed in chiaroscuro.
No. 05chiaroscuro, no apology
An Opium cocktail in a cut-crystal glass, candle-lit.
No. 06cut crystal, lower the lights
A moody close crop of a garnished cocktail at Opium.
No. 07a close crop of trouble
A foam-topped sour with charred citrus, lit dramatically from one side.
No. 08charred citrus, one shaft of light
A jewel-toned cocktail set against the vault's darkness.
No. 09jewel-toned, against the black
A bespoke Opium serve with botanical garnish in low light.
No. 10botanicals and bad ideas
A coupe cocktail styled with winter foliage and candlelight.
No. 11winter foliage, candle smoke
An amber cocktail caught in a single shaft of warm light.
No. 12caught in the warm
A gilded rococo table at Opium laid with the drinks menu, a crystal decanter and flickering candle votives.
No. 13gilt, and a decanter
The OPIUM wall sign lit by a single warm sconce at the entrance.
No. 14the OPIUM wall, lit by one sconce
A shadowed corner of the Opium vault.
No. 15a shadowed corner
A detail of Opium's antique interior in low light.
No. 16antique detail, low light
Gilded and candlelit objects in the Opium vault.
No. 17gilded objects, flickering
An atmospheric crop of the Opium interior.
No. 18a vignette, theatrical
A theatrical vignette inside Opium Bath.
No. 19the room, dressed
A wide view of Opium's subterranean vault in Bath, side-lit beneath a barrel-vaulted ceiling.
No. 20wide, beneath the arch

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