Blog Posts about David Linley

The Linley For Bentley With Handcrafted Marquetry Design

LINLEY recently collaborated with Bentley Motors on a limited edition of 10 Continental Flying Spurs. The limited edition CFS models will be sold in China, Bentley's biggest four-door market. Specially selected Linley veneers in Santos rosewood are being applied to the fascia, consol, waistrail and roof console and integrated within the cars for the first time. The veneers cover the entire wood surfaces of the model, where Bentley chestnut or walnut would normally be used.   The Linley Helix motif, from the Linley Helix Furniture Collection, is being set, using the highly specialised...

Two Marquetry Mirrors From Linley

Two Marquetry Border Mirrors From Linley A Late 20th Century Marquetry border mirror with Sycamore, Amboyna and Santos Rosewood is being sold at Christie's UK Christies.com Christies Auction Features Linley Marquetry     David Linley Perspective Mirror available from Linley http://www.davidlinley.com/perspective-mirror    

Bon Voyage! Queen Elizabeth and the Linley marquetry artwork

View of Grand Lobby with Linley marquetry panel There were so many articles written about Cunard's very successful naming ceremony for the Queen Elizabeth on October 11th 2010 that I was hesitant to add another from Inlay-Arts.com. However, since I've covered the genesis of the Linley Art Deco marquetry panel in a series of posts, I'll share a few final images courtesy of Cunard. You'll find many more of these images, as well as a few videos, on the Cunard website and on Alastair Greener's 'We are Cunard" blog. Queen Elizabeth Views The Linley Marquetry Panel   The completed Linley...

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...

Marquetry Artwork Being Prepared For The Queen Elizabeth

  The LINLEY artisans are working to complete David Linley's Art Deco marquetry art work so that the panels can be shipped to the Fincatieri shipyards in Monfalcone, Italy, where it is to be installed this summer as the centerpiece of the new Queen Elizabeth's grand lobby.   Video interview with Alistair Greener Watch video interviews by Alastair Greener, producer of the "We Are Cunard blog". "As well as Peter Shanks I was also able to chat to David Linley and the head of design at Linley, Mark Blanchard, and fortunately our film crew were there to capture the whole...

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.

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...

Cunard and David Linley Honor Queen Elizabeth with Marquetry Artwork

Linley's Marquetry Artwork Commission Both David Linley and the marquetry traditions of Cunard's Queen Maryand Queen Elizabeth ocean liners are on my blog post topics to-do list. I'm traveling with my family, thus short on time - here's the news, starting with the intro from Cunard's press release and ending with a passage from Sue Bryant's piece for Cruise Critic: 20 May 2010 - Yesterday, in Chelsea near London, Cunard Line unveiled the stunning centerpiece for the Grand Lobby of the Line's newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, debuting this fall. The artwork was specially commissioned to David...