Furniture · Expertise
Bespoke Furniture
Furniture that exists because someone drew it.
One-off tables, counters and seating frames built to a designer’s drawing — not adapted from a catalogue.
Metal furniture is unforgiving. A table base with a visible weld is a failed table. A slender frame that flexes under a stone top is a failed frame. Both problems are solved in the same place — in how the piece is engineered before it is made.
We work from a designer’s drawing or a reference and develop it into something buildable: section sizes that carry the load without thickening the line, joints planned so the weld sits where it can be dressed invisibly, and levelling built in where floors are not flat.
Laser welding is a significant part of this. It puts very little heat into the joint, which means less distortion on a polished surface and a seam that can be finished back to nothing.
Metal furniture is judged by hand
A table or a chair frame is the only architectural metalwork people touch with their whole bodies. Edges are felt before they are seen; a sharp arris on a table apron, a weld that was dressed for the eye and not the palm, a leg that rings when it is knocked — these decide whether a piece feels made or manufactured.
So the drawings are only half the brief. Which edges are eased and by how much, where the frame meets stone or timber or glass, how the piece is levelled on a floor that is not level, and how it will be moved by cleaners who will not be careful: those are the questions a piece of furniture is really answering.
Where it is used
- Console, centre, coffee and side tables
- Dining tables and metal table bases
- Reception and bar counters
- Chair, stool, bench and sofa frames
- TV units, media consoles and display shelving
- Planters, plant stands and garden furniture
- Hotel and guest-room furniture elements
- Chair bases and stool frames
- Vanity units and washbasin stands
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Furniture we have made
From the workshop and from finished interiors. Click a picture to see it larger.
Applications
Where it goes
Product catalogue
Furniture: what we make
- Coffee and centre tablesSculptural coffee and centre tables in brass, bronze and copper, from cast tree-ring tops to polished organic forms.
- Console tables and sideboardsConsole tables and sideboards in metal: slim hall consoles, fluted and finned sideboards, and sculpted pieces that are the focal point of a wall.
- Dining tablesDining table bases and complete tables: sculptural metal bases under stone and glass tops, made to the size of the room.
- Side tables and stoolsSide tables, bedside tables and stools in metal: cast, folded, faceted and hand-finished small pieces.
- Reception and bar countersReception desks, bar counters and service counters clad and built in metal, for hotels, offices, shops and homes.
- Shelving and display unitsOpen shelving, display units and cabinets in brass, bronze and blackened steel, for homes, shops and showrooms.
- Chairs and chair framesMetal chair frames and seating for upholsterers and interiors: brass rod backs, sculpted legs and bases.
Questions & answers
Questions about furniture
Will a metal table base mark a stone or timber floor?
Not if its feet are designed for that floor. A bare metal edge on stone will scratch it and on timber will dent it, so bases are finished with a foot — a glide, a pad, an adjustable leveller — chosen for the floor and for whether the piece will be moved. Levelling matters too: a four-legged frame on a floor that is not flat will rock until it is.
Can metal furniture be made for outdoor use?
Yes, with the metal and finish chosen for it. Brass, bronze and copper weather into themselves and suit a garden; stainless steel holds its look; mild steel needs a finish that protects every edge and is checked yearly. Fixings, feet and anywhere water can sit are the details that decide whether an outdoor piece lasts.
More furniture work
Often specified together
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Have something extraordinary in mind?
Send a drawing, a sketch, or a photograph of something close to it. We will tell you what is buildable, what it costs and how long it takes.