‘In amongst the ornate and the whimsical there were often pieces of furniture of profound beauty - defined by their rightness of proportion and use of stunning wood. This furniture is both traditional and contemporary - it defies time. In my view the best work in the English tradition possesses these same qualities - we take enormous care in the selection of our woods and look to apply the very best techniques of making to achieve individual pieces of natural beauty.

Our aim is to do simple things beautifully.’

Timothy Jeffery originally trained as an architect and is strongly influenced by a period working in China.