John Morris gallery of fine furniture

The frame of this high-backed chair was shaped by hand from solid, North American maple. The panels were veneered with 'quilted' maple, a striking, three dimensional pattern, while the reddish inlay around the panels is Australian jarrah (eucalyptus).

This bathroom furniture in North American maple and solid birds eye maple incorporates inset granite panels and conceals a lavatory cistern as well as providing storage for towels.

The brief was for an elegant, small bedside cabinet incorporating a drawer and a shelf sufficient for a novel. The slatted construction of the shelf avoids heaviness and the curves to the legs add a feminine grace to the piece. The timber is solid English walnut with beautiful black and orange colouring and some subtle ripple figuring.

This small, bow-fronted cabinet on stand was made to house a favourite tipple or two with a semi-circular shelf for a few glasses. Most of the carcase is in American cherry, but with much more highly figured English cherry for the back and shelves as a surprise inside. The doors are veneered in vavona burr. Handles and feet are in African blackwood. The drawer has maple sides, hand dovetailed to the curved, cherry front, and with cedar bottom panels.

An occasional table made in English oak. The veneer on the top is not commercial veneer but was sawn from a board of highly figured brown oak. The 'x' shaped stretchers add a little interest and strength. There are gentle curves on the undersides of the rails, stretchers and around the top.

This room was panelled in English oak in a fairly traditional style and incorporates a fireplace, break-front cabinet, painted, panelled ceiling and French windows and uses space under a stairway to house hi-fi equipment with two drawers for compact discs.

These wardrobes were built in North American maple. The boards for the door panels were deep sawn to produce two thinner panels which were then joined in width to produce a pleasing 'book-match' effect. All edges around the perimeter were very carefully scribed to produce an almost seamless junction with the walls and ceiling.

Panels of solid, highly figured oak enclose the space under this stairway, to provide some useful storage as well as being a stylish addition to the room, more in keeping with the rest of the client's home than the original joinery. The work incorporates a 'secret' door operated by magnetic push latches.