Hall Table with Cockatoo Marquetry Motif

Hall table in Silky Oak with Marquetry Cockatoo

Quartersawn NSW Silky Oak frame with Huon Pine accents and a Queensland Maple top. Ebony stringing forms a geometric border on the top panel. A sulphur-crested cockatoo, cut in marquetry from various timbers, perches inside the border — chewing through the inlay line. The geometry of the piece is being actively destroyed by one of its inhabitants.

This is my most popular design. The ‘ballerina’ frame is one I return to regularly, and I’ve built and sold several on spec — highly unusual for handmade furniture.

The form stays the same; the timber and top treatment change with each build. Some carry parquetry, some a simple stripe, and some carry a cockatoo with bad intentions. Available as a commission in any timber. From $1800 ($2250 as pictured). This one is sold.