A 'NIGEL GRIFFITHS' 'MONASTIC' 'SWISS'

REFECTORY DINING TABLE & SIX 'STICK BACK' DINING CHAIRS

MODEL No.15 & MODEL No.105.

 

 

A VERY ATTRACTIVE, LATE 20th CENTURY, SOLID, CARVED OAK, 'SWISS' REFECTORY DINING TABLE AND A SET OF SIX, MATCHING, 'STICK BACK' DINING CHAIRS, OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY AND CONDITION. THIS FABULOUS CARVED OAK DINING SET WAS MADE BY 'NIGEL GRIFFITHS' AND EACH PIECE IS SIGNED BY NIGEL HIMSELF. THE 'NIGEL GRIFFITHS' WORKSHOP / SHOWROOM IS BASED AT THE OLD CHEESE FACTORY GRANGEMILL, DERBYSHIRE. EACH ITEM OF FURNITURE IS INDIVIDUALLY CRAFTED, WITH HAND CUT DOVETAILS AND IS PLANED, SANDED, CARVED, STAINED AND POLISHED ALL BY HAND. THE SET IS CONSTRUCTED USING TRADITIONAL METHODS, SUCH AS VISIBLE PEGGED JOINTS ETC AND ONLY THE VERY BEST QUALITY SOLID OAK TIMBER AND FINISHES ARE USED THROUGH-OUT. THE DINING SET IS A RICH MEDIUM - DARK OAK IN COLOUR AND HAS AN EXCELLENT, 'HAND-CRAFTED' 'ADZED' FINISH THROUGH-OUT. IT ALSO TAKES ON A DELIBERATE STRESSED, AGED APPEARANCE AND HAS VISIBLE RUSTIC 'STRESS' MARKS THROUGH-OUT. THE DINING SET HAS ATTRACTIVE OAK-WOOD GRAINING THROUGH-OUT AND WOULD SIT NICELY WITH OTHER MATCHING ITEMS OF 'NIGEL / RUPERT GRIFFITHS' 'MONASTIC' 'HAND-CRAFTED' FURNITURE. THE DINING TABLE HAS A LARGE SPACIOUS FLAT TOP, IT HAS TRADITIONAL STRAIGHT CUT EDGES, WHICH ARE DECORATED WITH 17th CENTURY STYLE 'FLUTED' MOTIF CARVING. THE TABLE TOP CAN BE EASILY REMOVED BY PULLING OUT THE TWO PEGS AT EITHER END OF THE TABLE. THERE ARE LARGE FIXING BLOCKS TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TABLE TOP, WHICH FIT NICELY ONTO THE TABLE LEGS. THE TABLE HAS OUT-STRETCHED LEGS, WITH STURDY BLOCKED FEET AND THERE IS A LAVISHLY CARVED CENTRAL STRETCHER, WHICH IS AGAIN HELD IN PLACE BY TWO LARGE 'HAND MADE' PEGS, ONE AT EITHER END. THE SIX MATCHING DINING CHAIRS ARE AGAIN ALL MADE IN THE 'TRADITIONAL STYLE' WITH VISIBLE, PEGGED, HAND-CUT JOINTS THROUGH-OUT. THEY ALL HAVE SHAPED 'STICK BACKS', WITH PEGGED FIXINGS AT THE TOP AND THEY STAND ON SWEPT BACK LEGS, WITH ADDITIONAL SIDE AND BACK STRETCHERS, WHICH PROVIDE GREATER SUPPORT AND STRENGTH. THE CHAIRS HAVE VERY COMFORTABLE, SOLID OAK, PANELED SEATS, ALL WITH 'FIELDED' BORDERS, WHICH ARE SET WITHIN A SOLID OAK FRAME-WORK. THEY ALL STAND ON ATTRACTIVE 'RING-TURNED', 'TRUNCHEON' OAK FRONT LEGS AND RAISED UPON STYLISH PAW FEET, WITH A DECORATIVE FRONT STRETCHER, WHICH HAS A MATCHING 'FLUTED' MOTIF CARVED FACE. THIS SUPERIOR QUALITY 'NIGEL GRIFFITHS', 'HAND-CRAFTED', SOLID, CARVED OAK, DINING SET HAS BEEN CLEANED, RE-POLISHED, IT IS IN EXCELLENT / NEW CONDITION THROUGH-OUT AND WOULD BE A VERY USEFUL AND ATTRACTIVE ADDITION TO ANY HOME!
 
 

TABLE HEIGHT  28  3/4",  LENGTH  78",  DEPTH  35  3/4".

CHAIR HEIGHT  41  1/4",   WIDTH  17  1/4",   DEPTH  20  1/2". 

 

 

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CURRENT LIST PRICE FOR THIS HAND-MADE 'GRIFFITHS' 

SOLID 'STRESSED OAK' DINING SET

IS.....£8,899.00.

'SWISS' REFECTORY  DINING TABLE MODEL No.15... £3,829-00.

'STICK BACK' DINING CHAIRS MODEL No.105... £845.00 EACH.

 

 

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