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Đồ gỗ · Đồng Kỵ

Fine woodwork

Carved from ironwood and rosewood in Đồng Kỵ, joined without nails. Furniture and objects built to outlast the house they stand in.

Carved from ironwood and rosewood in Đồng Kỵ, joined without nails. Furniture and objects built to outlast the house they stand in.

5 works · each one unique or in a small edition

Craft

5 works

Jewellery cabinet, rosewood: A small rosewood jewellery cabinet with lotus-carved doors and brass pulls from Đại Bái, standing closed on the bench, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Jewellery cabinet, rosewood

Đồng Kỵ workshop · Đồng Kỵ

$1,400

Unique work

Jewellery cabinet, rosewood: A small rosewood jewellery cabinet with lotus-carved doors and brass pulls from Đại Bái, standing closed on the bench, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Jewellery cabinet, rosewood

Đồng Kỵ workshop
Đồng Kỵ · $1,400

Unique work

Desk tray, rosewood: A shallow rosewood desk tray with a raised rim and open figured grain, oil-and-wax finish, seen from above, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Desk tray, rosewood

Đồng Kỵ workshop · Đồng Kỵ

$260
Desk tray, rosewood: A shallow rosewood desk tray with a raised rim and open figured grain, oil-and-wax finish, seen from above, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Desk tray, rosewood

Đồng Kỵ workshop
Đồng Kỵ · $260

Low stool, carved ironwood: A low ironwood stool with a carved apron and pegged joints, oil-and-wax finish, standing in a shaft of workshop light, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Low stool, carved ironwood

Đồng Kỵ workshop · Đồng Kỵ

$620
Low stool, carved ironwood: A low ironwood stool with a carved apron and pegged joints, oil-and-wax finish, standing in a shaft of workshop light, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Low stool, carved ironwood

Đồng Kỵ workshop
Đồng Kỵ · $620

Lidded box, carved rosewood: A lidded rosewood box with a lotus carved in low relief on the lid, pegged corners, oil-and-wax finish, on the carver's bench, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Lidded box, carved rosewood

Đồng Kỵ workshop · Đồng Kỵ

$420
Lidded box, carved rosewood: A lidded rosewood box with a lotus carved in low relief on the lid, pegged corners, oil-and-wax finish, on the carver's bench, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Lidded box, carved rosewood

Đồng Kỵ workshop
Đồng Kỵ · $420

Reading table, carved ironwood: A small reading table in dark ironwood with a carved apron and pegged joints, oil-and-wax finish, standing among shavings, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Reading table, carved ironwood

Đồng Kỵ workshop · Đồng Kỵ

$2,400

Unique work

Reading table, carved ironwood: A small reading table in dark ironwood with a carved apron and pegged joints, oil-and-wax finish, standing among shavings, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop

Reading table, carved ironwood

Đồng Kỵ workshop
Đồng Kỵ · $2,400

Unique work

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About the craft

Two centuries of the chisel

Where it is made

Đồng KỵTừ Sơn, Bắc Ninh20 km

Đồng Kỵ carved the beams and doors of the communal houses of Bắc Ninh for two hundred years; when the halls stopped being built, the village turned to furniture and became the delta's timber town. Most of it now works at scale. A few workshops keep to the slow way — ironwood and rosewood dried under cover for two or three years, joints cut to fit without nails or glue, carving that follows the grain, a finish of oil and wax so the wood can keep moving with the seasons.

The tables, stools, boxes and cabinets here come from those workshops and carry their mark burned into the underside. A Đồng Kỵ table can be knocked apart and rebuilt by whoever inherits it.

Furniture travels by sea in its own crate, six to ten weeks. Prices include crating, insured shipping and duties.

The makers

Portrait of the Đồng Kỵ family workshop: three carvers and joiners of different ages standing together in the timber yard among stacked ironwood, family workshop of the family trade

Đồng Kỵ workshop

Carvers & joiners

Caring for wood

Ironwood and rosewood move with the seasons; a hairline at a joint in a dry winter will close in spring. Wax lightly twice a year with a natural wax. Keep away from radiators and out of direct sun; use coasters as you would on any table you love.

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