Hand-Carved Oak Serving Board

Hand-Carved Oak Serving BoardInstinctive is how Eliot Daguet describes his creation process, which manifests in limited series of wooden boards that serve up personality in abundance. Alongside his studies hes currently in the second year of a masters degree in object design in Roubaix, France he takes each idiosyncratic idea from sketch to sculpture using oak offcuts from his fathers workshop.

His son Carl II designed it in the 1950s and successive generations still manufacture it by hand at the original Vienna atelier

These crystal candle holders from the 1920s feature unparalleled clarity and purity

as collectors redeveloped a taste for the rich colours

balanced shape of this mouth-blown muslin glass water tumbler

Its bevelled edges are inspired by Art Deco glassware

As a result

Originally crafted with texture so solid and compact baskets like this one were used to carry water

with four legs and a fold-open mechanism

The ebony wood accent is refined by hand to enhance the natural grain and texture of the material

Nick Plant begins each of these exclusive backgammon boards with a wood base and hand-tools the soft leather shapes to a distinctive colour palette

and their attention to detail shines in these crystal whiskey glasses

Johnstons’ basket-weave throw is a modern update on the traditional bedcover