Took me forever to make! Partly decorated in marquetry and partly carved/engraved. It’s two piles of books. Each book has an author who’s a friend of mine. It’s metamorphic. It’s a bit crazy. It’s very personal. It’s very eccentric, or just plain weird. Some people love it, some people hate it. But it’s very me.
This is a Semanier. A small chest of seven drawers. All the same size. I liked the idea of a large marquetry panel running through five of the drawers. It gave me the opportunity of having two different coloured handles and even handles of two different coloured woods. The curved sides make it far more …
Made in a modern style with a strong classical influence measuring 87” long, 78” tall, 23” deep. Made from Sycamore and walnut with a marquetry panel at each end.The interior is of a framed and panelled construction with fully adjustable shelving, all in sycamore.
Made as a matched pair in natural coloured oak with dovetail joints in the traditional manner which is finished with a simple wax finish. The top part of both cabinets has thirteen panel glazed doors with Astragal mouldings and adjustable shelving. The lower section of the cabinet has two deep drawers above a cupboard with …
Reproduced by myself as a jewellery box which I intended to sit in the William and Mary Escritiore. The marquetry is stack cut, each element then cut into the stained black background. Made in walnut veneer on lime with cross-grained walnut mouldings. Dimensions 13” x 19” x 3” deep.
This piece is modelled on a French jewel casket. Kingwood with gilded mouldings and floral marquetry. Dimensions 13” x 8” x 5” deep.
This piece is modelled on a French jewel casket. Tulip wood with walnut mouldings and floral marquetry on a sycamore background. Dimensions 13” x 8” x 5” deep.
Design copied from a set of plans in Verna Cook Salomonsky’s book ‘Masterpieces of furniture’. Made of English walnut with cabriole legs with turned bunn feet. The upholstery is built up upon a separate removable framework.
Made in English walnut with barley twist legs and stretcher. Cross grained walnut mouldings. Top decorated with marquetry and olive wood oyster shell (end grain) elliptical banding.
Made from English Walnut & American Black Walnut in the style of an 17th century writing table this table / desk incorporates about a dozen secret drawers. A map drawer is incorporated into the cornice. A removable unit of small drawers and several internal drawers are to be found inside the desk. The top hinges …