About Alan Englefield
After three years of training at Rycote Wood College in Thame, Oxfordshire, Alan immediately began his own business making fine furniture for friends and family before finding a loyal group of clients across the world. He has been in this business for 27 years and has trained numerous cabinet makers to his standard.
He began making tables and other specialist pieces to commission and after three years, was asked to make a simple "house box" by David Linley & Co. Ltd. From then on, the orders have been increasingly complicated and Alan has risen to the challenge using his skills to the highest level and has made over 100 architectural boxes.
Some of Alan Englefield's Work
Status Of Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth Marquetry Panel
The Cunard Queen Elizabeth foyer panel, designed by David Linley's design studio and produced by ACE Marquetry is now well under way. Claire Englefield, the person behind ACE Marquetry, told me that it was the largest single piece of marquetry that she and her team have ever produced. The size was such that they had to rearrange the workshop to erect a temporary table large enough to assemble it in one piece. "The marquetry is now completed. We made the panel in one large piece. We cut it up yesterday (it's in roughly nine panels in the photo) and it's now being...
Read more...Alan Englefield’s Architectural Boxes
Alan Englefield Follow this link - Alan Englefield - Architectural Boxes - to learn more about architectural boxes of unsurpassed quality. The boxes are made using the finest materials and hand skills. The architectural details, such as windows, doors etc., are created using the skills of ACE Marquetry, which is run by Alan's wife Claire, together with her superb team working in Collingbourne Ducis in Wiltshire.
Read more...A Limited Edition Marquetry Humidor Collection by LINLEY
A Limited Edition Humidor Collection by LINLEY A rare opportunity for the true Cigar connoisseur, a selection of unique humidors created by LINLEY in association with Hunters and Frankau. In this post I'll present two limited edition humidors with marquetry, one architectural humidor and a Metropolitan Museum of Art architectural jewelry box. The London Skyline Veneers of cherry, Swiss pear, sycamore, walnut and wenge are used to recreate the city skyline set against a background of Macassar ebony. The humidor contains Spanish cedar drawers with capacity for approximately...
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