These three chairs were commissioned to complete a four table setting in which the original chair (post Regency) was the basis for the table design (oval single pedestal). The chair itself displays numerous features from early periods. The front leg has the finesse that compliments the fashion [...]
Working in London in the early 1980s was an experience I could never forget. ‘The Firm’ – Roger Board and Son’ of Putney was basically a second apprenticeship (the first in Dunedin WM Nees and Sons). This company specialises in reproducing panelled rooms – Georgian, Regency, and [...]
New Zealand grown Sycamore (Orinoco, Nelson) was the timber used to produce this hutch. Again, the piece was commissioned by discerning clients with an eye for detail. Care was taken to faithfully reproduce the piece with just one small change – two double doors. These doors are [...]
These beds were commissioned by the client who had viewed the original in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The beds also feature in Ralph Edward’s ‘Shorter Dictionary’ (page 29, plate 2); this entry was used as a guide to produce single beds complete with foot-ends and [...]
This chair is the pattern chair from a commission which included a Regency ‘D’ end table with extension leaf and six chairs. The name ‘Admiral’s Chair’ came from the carved rope twist lumber rail, signifying the nautical influence of the day. Swietenia – Brazilian Mahogany is the [...]
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