Ian Laval
Classic hand-made furniture
Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada

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Jewellery cabinet.

57" high x 21" wide x 15" deep.

Vancouver Island Garry oak with inlays of Pacific maple, sawn Garry oak crotch veneer and English bog oak. Interior drawers with sawn veneers of plum. The drawers, doors and an upper removable tray are lined with burgundy velvet.



Garry oak writing bureau from a tree at Sandown, Sidney, Vancouver Island.
Dimensions: 43" wide x 42" high x 19" deep. The fall-front and the main drawers are veneered with sawn Garry oak crotch taken from the same tree. The fall is counter-veneered on the inside with quilted Pacific maple. Other sawn veneers are arbutus, Pacific maple crotch and yew. The dark inlay strings are English bog oak. Back and drawer-bottoms are Vancouver Island red cedar from Merve Wilkinson's sustainable forest at Yellowpoint, Ladysmith, Vancouver Island. (See more writing bureaux).




Writing bureau.
Walnut. The fall and main drawer-fronts are veneered with sawn walnut
crotch. The fall is counter-veneered on the inside with sawn bird's-eye
maple. String inlays are maple. The handles are sterling silver made and
hall-marked in the UK.



Chests.

Dimensions: 18" x 11" x 10"h. Two drawers and upper compartment.

Garry oak, red cedar, western maple, cocobolo, plum, bog oak.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  L:  Music stand. Cherry, bog oak & sycamore.  

R: Box. Dimensions (including stand):
20" wide x 14" deep x 42" high. Eastern maple, walnut,
red cedar and  bog oak.

Low table.
Dimensions: 47" long x
20" wide x 17" high.
Fumed oak with sawn veneers
of Garry oak and quilted Pacific maple. Wenge and maple string inlay.

Display cabinet.
Dimensions: 73" high x 40" wide x 21" deep. White oak, Garry oak, Pacific maple & wenge.     

                                               

 

Long-case clock. Dimensions: 86" high x 19" wide x 11" deep.
Walnut with inlays of sawn walnut veneer and maple stringing.
Trunk door-panel carving and face cycle-of-life face design by
 Salish native artist Simon Louie. Brass face with sterling silver
numerals and hands. Eight-day cable movement.



Hall table. Dimensions: 40" x 19" x 30" high.Walnut. The top is veneered with book-matched quarters of sawn walnut. The drawer is veneered with sawn bird's-eye maple. Maple string inlay.





Chest-on-stand. Dimensions: 42" long x 37" high x 19" wide.
White oak, Garry oak, Pacific maple & wenge. The chest
contains a sliding two-door box 5" deep.

Gateleg dining table.

 Dimensions: 55" x 80"  (55" x 28" closed).
Fumed oak. Two drawers veneered with sawn bird's-eye maple veneer.


Chairs. Garry oak with garry oak,
Pacific maple/bog oak inlays.

 


Left: Oak writing table with sawn oak burr veneer and maple string inlay.




Right: Oak hall table with sawn oak burr veneers and maple string inlay.

Kitchen table.

Dimensions: 72" x 36"
BC Douglas fir.
Two drawers each side.


White oak circular pedestal table on claw feet. 36" dia. Wenge
inlay.

Entertainment cabinet. Approx 60" wide. British Columbian         Douglas fir. Wenge string inlay. Two interior tape/DVD drawers.                


....and from the archives of earlier work:  (click to see more writing bureaux, cabinets, dining furniture)