“In close-nailed furniture, if the nails used are identical they have b...” — David Linley Quote

In close-nailed furniture, if the nails used are identical they have been manufactured industrially, which implies a date after 1850.

Someone did once bow to me, and my mother immediately told them off. Although whether she was prompted by the breach of protocol or the fact I enjoyed it a little too much, I really couldn't say.

I like to say we can make anything in wood.

The school I attended, Bedales, was fortunate to have been built by a leading light from the Arts and Crafts Movement in the 1890s. It contained a beautiful library, made originally of green oak and constructed with the help of the children.

I love the cleanness of Kaare Klint and Rud Rasmussen furniture, especially the wooden criss-cross under-bars of their sofas.

I've become obsessed with preserving Shaker furniture. I feel as though every influence in my life, everything I've learned and know, all the money I've made, has come together to take care of it.

I used to draw and design my own furniture in college but never had the means to build them.

It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.

I like Church furniture.