Denner Smith Furniture
Jeremy Smith - designing and making fine furniture and other matchless items, of heirloom quality, in beautiful solid timbers and veneers
Objets D'Art and Smaller Items
A selection of small mirrors, each made from solid hardwood, with inlays and mitre keys in contrasting timbers
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The dimensions of each mirror are: 335mm x 335mm x 22mm
Fixed to the rear of each mirror is a length of picture wire of the required strength to hang the mirror safely
Small mirror in Walnut, with Maple mitre keys and Swiss Pear and Box inlaid stringing
Small mirror in Maple, with Bubinga inlay and Walnut mitre keys
Small mirror in Rippled Ash, with Swiss Pear inlaid stringing and Walnut mitre keys
The mitre keys have both a functional and aesthetic purpose: they strengthen the mitred joint and they enhance the beauty of the mirror frame
The rippled grain in the Ash makes this mirror frame very distinctive
Pedestal for a Bronze Bust of Major John Waddy, sculpted by Vivien Mallock
I was commissioned to make this pedestal by Vivien Mallock. She had sculpted a bronze bust of Major John Waddy, an Army Officer who served during WWII, notably during the Arnhem battle, and the pedestal was to support the bronze bust. The bronze, mounted on the pedestal, is now displayed in the Museum at Arnhem
The pedestal is made out of American Black Walnut. In its construction I have used traditional cross-halving joints and mortice and tenon joints. The tenons are 'through' tenons and I have reinforced them with wedges in Maple. The pale Maple contrasts with the darker Walnut and the wedges reinforce the joints
