Bespoke Guild Mark Holder
Zebrano and Bronze Dining Table
Name of Designer:
Nick Allen
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                    BGM Number
                    
                                        294
                    Website
                    http://www.nick-allen.co.uk/
                
                                        
                    Date of Award
                    
                                        1999
                    Email
                    gallery@nick-allen.co.uk
                
                                                    
                    Makers’ Name
                    
                    The Umbrella Factory
                                
                Description
                
            
                            Made from a zebrano wood veneer and bronze, this table has solid reeded lippings and is supported on a forest of cast bronze twigs. This ”forest” is itself resting on a cast bronze plate.
                About
                
            
            Nick Allen has been designing furniture since 1984 having studied fine art at Epsom under the painter Bruce McLean and Lesley Worth, past president of the Royal Watercolour Society. His first commission came from Madelaine Ponsonby (Lady Besborough) of the New Art Centre.He has been designing furniture, lighting and architectural fittings as well as glassware and some interiors ever since.