Pier Table - Replica of a pair of matching tables made by Thomas Chippendale for Denton Hall - Otley, Leeds c1778. The table below is on long term loan to Harewood House, Leeds, where visitors can view it alongside a video, made by Jack, showing the marquetry being constructed.

Computer aided designs (CAD) plans exist to teach readers how to construct John's table, while step-by-step illustrations and techniques are given for contructing the neo-classical marquetry. This is the ideal project for the discerning student and furniture maker.

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Double-sided folding Fire Screen - Measuring approx. 4ft high x 3.6ft wide, John's screen is beautifully styled in a cherry frame. The five panels are self supporting and held together with recessed 'soss' hinges. The marquetry was produced by members of the Leeds Marquetry Group. This side displaying a typical English scene with gentle rolling hills, spring flowers and the first arrival of swallows.

 

by contrast, the reverse side (below) displays a Japanese garden of kio-carp, butterflys and bamboo plants.

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Jewellery Box

A beautiful and rewarding project, this elegant box with its inner segmented tray and scented cedar linings, has a single 'white' rose on the lid, set into burr yew, which in turn is set into burr ash , and matching panels with quartered corners on the sides. Around the lid, geometric chevron border (parquetry) provides alternative decoration.