Alan Peters
Alan Peters epitomises all that one expects of a craftsman; he is the revered elder statesman.
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Dining table and chairs Inaian sisso rosewood ana sycamore. To seat ten. Table: 737 x 2438 x 1168mm / 29 x 96 x 46 in. |
Newly qualified designer - makers set out with the high ideal of possessing his quiet integrity. His clients will wait patiently until they head the top of his two-year waiting list. Throughout the fifty years that Alan has been involved in the industry his designs have moved confidently and inexorably towards the millennium. In 1990 he was awarded the OBE for his services to furniture design. Retirement, he tells me, is not part of his agenda and he is looking forward to producing his best work ever at a more
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Solid sycamore and Indian ebony.
508 x 1220 x 508mm at centre / 20 x 48 x 20 in.
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(above) Cabinet interior, (right) Lectern in open position. Kelmscott Chaucer Cabinet A tribute in solid Devon walnut to William Morris and exhibited at Morris' centenary exhibition. The cabinet holds a copy of Morris' Kelmscott Press edition The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. I422 x 890 x 406mm / 56 x 35 x 16 in. (Lettering by Tom Perkins and Ronald Parsons) |
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Nine Drawer Chest Devon grown olive ash with detailing in Zambesi redwood. 1400 x 1016 x 457mm / 55 x 40 x 18 in. Storage Cabinet Solid walnut and bog oak. 1370 x 914 x 457mm / 54 x 36 x 18 in. |
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Tall cabinet Yew with detailing in ebony and interior of ripple sycamore. 1422 x 483 x 241 mm / 56 x 19 x 9.5 in. |
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Six-seater dining table Solid olive ash and bog oak. 1003 x 1980 x991mm 39.5 x 78 x 39 in. |
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Tub chair One of a pair made in oiled Devon yew. 660 x 660mm wide 26 x 26 in. (Upholstery fabric woven by Geraldine St Aubyn-Hubbard) |
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Gallery seating
For the Earth Gallery, Glasgow Museum of Modern Art, sculptured from home grown Oak. 432 x l 725 x 71 Omm / 17 x 68 x 28 in.
After Morris’ dining table
Ash. 750 x 1320mm diameter / 29.5 x 52 in.
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Bleached and natural oak with yew interior. 1397 x 914 x 483mm / 55 x 36 x 19 in. |
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Cotter Solid Devon walnut with spalted door panels from the same tree. 864 x 1830 x 610mm 34x 72x24 in. |
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Low cabinet Oiled tropical olive and wenge. 533 x 1524 x 533mm 21 x 60x21 in. |
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Silver chest (below right) Devon walnut inlaid with stainless steel. 1067 x 1067 x 508mm / 42 x 42 x 20 in.
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Mushroom table
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Octagonal occasional table Sycamore, inlaid with padauk. 610 x 635 x 635mm / 24 x 25 x 25 in
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Low mushroom table Walnut and sycamore. 406 x 838mm diameter / 16 x 33 in.
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Made from the root end of a large walnut tree. 660 x 762mm diameter / 26 x 30 in.
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Corner cabinet Vavona, etched glass and stainless steel. 950 x 500 x 500mm / 37.5 x 20 x 20 in. |
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Oval drawer pedestal Burr ash, anodised aluminium and lignum Vitae. 730 x 700 x 550mm / 29 x 27.5 x 21.5 in. |
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