 ian laval classic handmade furniture |
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ian laval classic handmade furniture |
 Writing bureau in American walnut. Book-matched sawn walnut crotch veneers on fall-front. Maple strings and handles cast in Sterling silver & hallmarked in the UK. Interior with sawn eastern bird's-eye maple veneers. $14,304 CAN   Fumed white oak writing table. Sawn Garry oak veneers on drawer and frame; maple strings. $2,486  Display cabinet in American white oak with sawn Garry oak and Pacific maple veneers. $5863  Walnut hall table with sawn bird's-eye maple veneer, sawn English walnut veneer insets and maple stringing. $3,203    Chest-on-stand in quarter-sawn American white oak. Sawn Garry oak and Pacific maple veneers. $4,871  Fumed oak desk with sawn Garry oak veneers and pull-out lap-top computer drawer. $3,802  Fumed oak hall table with sawn Garry oak veneers and maple stringing. $2,971  Eastern maple writing table with sawn English walnut veneers and bog oak inlay. $2,078  Kitchen table in British Columbian Douglas fir. Four drawers. $3,488  Jewellery box in Garry oak with sawn Pacific maple veneer and Celtic-style initial cast in Sterling silver. $890  Jewellery box in American walnut with sawn plum veneer and maple inlay. Interior tray in eastern maple and walnut. $890   Gateleg dining table in American oak. Two drawers with sawn bird's-eye maple veneer. 77 inches by 54 inches extended. $5,547  Sewing box in English walnut with sawn sycamore veneers. Bog oak handles with holly strings. Silver escutcheon. $2,791  Walnut corner cabinet with holly and sawn walnut veneer inlays. 77 inches high. $4,688 |
Ian Laval Ian Laval has been designing and making individual pieces of furniture since 1970, starting at a workshop in northern England and moving more recently to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. He uses only domestic timbers and for many years has been intimately involved in the processing of his wood from the standing tree onwards. His hallmark is the use of matched sawn veneers obtained from crotches, burrs and other interesting features found in native trees. Oak -- particularly Vancouver Island's native Garry oak -- walnut and maple are regularly-used timbers. Each piece is made by traditional hand methods, one at a time, with the meticulous attention to detail of the old-fashioned craftsman. This integrity extends to all the hidden parts as well as the visible ones. No composite material is used and no shortcuts are taken in the choice of timber. Proper, traditional construction in accordance with the natural laws of wood is the watchword. Functional designs in the
classic tradition are all Ian Laval's own, using the natural beauty of native wood in delicate proportions refined over centuries
and still right today. Larger pieces of Ian Laval's furniture are
authenticated by an embedded silver signature specially cast and hallmarked in England. Ian Laval has lectured and taught a number of courses on the practical technology of native timber for educational institutions. Furniture is made to commission and Ian Laval normally keeps a representative selection of items for sale. Delivery can be
made anywhere at cost. |
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