Rare English Antique Dining Room Set

Rare, fine antique, dining room set    Early to mid-1900s, Titchmarsh & Goodwin of Ipswich, England.  Handcrafted, English Oak, period furniture from 1485-1820.  Current replacement value over $14,000.  Items are in a good used condition.  One chair has a decorative stud missing and the table could use some shoring up.

WITNESHAM SAWMILLS

Titchmarsh & Goodwin as cabinet makers must be unique in having not only their own woodlands in Suffolk, but also their own sawmills at Witnesham, a small village just north of Ipswich.  They buy their own standing timber in the United Kingdom but mainly from East Anglia and convert it to their special requirements. The timber is then air-dried for many years according to the thickness of each plank. A rough guide to drying time of oak being one year per inch plus a year, i.e. a two-inch thick plank takes three years’ drying time.

HANDMAKE IN ENGLAND!

      Titchmarsh & Goodwin talk of  “handmade” or “made by hand” they mean it in the old fashioned sense of the word!  A first-class image for a family business for over 80 years.

IT’S THE FINISH THAT COUNTS!

Whilst it is appreciated that many people can make furniture to a fairly high degree of accuracy, Titchmarsh & Goodwin also rely entirely on polishing each item individually by hand. The clarity and depth of the special Titchmarsch & Goodwin finish in only obtained after many hand polishing processes.