I have always been enamored of 18th-century English oak furniture, the uncomplicated style of dark, well-patinated-over-the-centuries country wood in all its rudimentary forms. The pieces speak to me, and I respond with a must-have attitude.
There is an honesty in these simple, yet sometimes not so simple, pieces. They’re utilitarian, built to last in their rough-and-tumble style; however, there is always a graceful, primitive curve or