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[Chinese Calligraphy Box]
20cm x 30cm x 70cm
Designed around an old mother of pearl shell inlayed panel. Cabinet, drawers and brush rack were made following this theme, with the use of old mahogany and rosewood. The cabinet needed to house the contents supplied.

[Chinese Calligraphy Box]

 

[Japanese Calligraphy Box]

[Japanese Calligraphy Box]
60cm x 45cm x 23cm
Australian red cedar carcass and feet. Solid top. Cedar trays, square, and paper weight. Blackwood paper knife. Rose mahogany huncal ink dish and black wattle brush rest.

 

[Document Box]
27cm x 20cm x 15cm
Figured Australian red cedar veneered onto cedar carcass. Solid curved top. Key escutchion made from old ivory piano key.

[Document Box]

 

[Glory Box]

[Glory Box]
30cm x 17cm x 20cm
Australian rose mahogany carcass with exposed dove tailed corners. Diamond pattern Australian red cedar and rose mahogany inlayed top with silky oak border. Cedar edge banding, feet and lower moulding. Brass key escutchion.

 

[Set Drawers]
26cm x 18cm x 11 cm
Australian red cedar veneer on ply carcass with blackwood panels bordered in ebony stringing. Cock beaded drawers edge banded in blackwood with knobs turned from Tagua nut.

[Set Draws]

 

  • Timbers are recycled, second hand or plantation grown.

  • Most joints are exposed to show the honesty of the piece and give aesthic balance.

  • Measurements are based on goldern section to give visual and geometric proportion.

  • The finishes are french polished and waxed. Where possible the original patination is retained on old timbers.


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