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 — Photo · From above

Desk tray, rosewood, macro of the rosewood grain under oil, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light — 02 / 04 · The grain

Desk tray, rosewood, close-up of the bound rim where cane wraps the frame, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light — 03 / 04 · The rim

Desk tray, rosewood, the work seen in its wider workshop setting, tools and benches softly out of focus, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light — 04 / 04 · In the workshop

Photographed in the workshop. Hollowed from one block so there is no joint to open; the grain runs the length.

Đồ gỗ mỹ nghệ · Fine woodwork · Edition of 10

Desk tray, rosewood

Gỗ trắc — rosewood, dense and dark red; here hollowed from one block for a tray that holds the things on a desk.

$260

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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 · Đồng Kỵ village · Family workshop

A tray hollowed from one block of rosewood dried two years, the rim chamfered, the inside left with the faint marks of the gouge under the oil. For pens, keys, the day’s letters.

Rosewood darkens with light; the tray will go from red to the colour of old wine.

Materials: Rosewood, oil and wax finish
Technique: Hollowed from a single block; chamfered rim
Dimensions: 30 × 18 × 3 cm · 11.8 × 7.1 × 1.2 in · 0.9 kg
Edition: Edition of 10 · Signed and sealed
Made: Đồng Kỵ, Từ Sơn · 2026
Delivery: Crated by hand, insured door to door · Ready in 5 days · 30-day return