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Chippendale International School of Furniture Wins Best Business Award

The Chippendale International School of Furniture has been named winner of the prestigious Best Small to Medium Sized Business Award at the 2014 Best Business Awards. The Chippendale International School in East Lothian is acknowledged as being one of the finest furniture design and restoration schools internationally and in 2015 will be celebrating its 30th …

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Limited edition Gomo chaise longue hand crafted by Chippendale graduate

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It’s an absolutely unique chaise longue. Contemporary, slender and amazingly comfortable. It also represents the very best of British woodworking craftsmanship and high-end Portuguese design. The Gomo, of which only 36 will be made, costs £6,000 and is crafted from ash and American black walnut. It was recently exhibited at the Scottish Furniture Makers’ Association …

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The 007 table on Her Majesty’s Secret Service to Shanghai

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The fictional British spy loves his gadgets, from cyanide cigarettes to Geiger counter wristwatches, and from lipstick gas grenades to exploding alarm clocks. The intricate hand-made table has a discreet mechanism that, at the touch of a button, lowers the top of the table into a secret compartment. The ebony and walnut table has been …

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Short course thumbs-up from the United States

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The Chippendale International School of Furniture is shortly to run a one-week Chippendale Experience course. Anselm Fraser, the School’s Principal, says it would make an ideal Christmas present. Over the years, we have trained hundreds of people from all over the world to realise their dream of becoming professional furniture designers and makers. But not …

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Furniture Designs Under Way at The Chippendale Furniture School

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Only two weeks into this year’s furniture course and each of our new students has already designed, sketched and made a small balsa wood model of their first piece of furniture.

New students look forward to a year of fine learning

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On Monday 13th October 2014, twenty-one new students joined the Chippendale International School of Furniture. This year the students come from America, Canada, Norway, Scotland, England and the United Arab Emirates. Anselm and his team welcome them warmly and wish them a very happy, fun and informative year at the Chippendale furniture school.