Browse through this gallery to discover some of the range of locally sourced timber species that Matt Belfrage uses in his bespoke furniture-making. All the timber is sourced from local estates and seasoned naturally in open barns before it is ready to work – please click here to read more about how we source sustainable timber. Matt Belfrage works with this beautiful material to show its best face, combining different timber species to stunning effect. Please browse the portfolio for many examples of his work to date.
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- Burr oak – knotty growths yield planks with these attractive whorls
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- Brown oak – rarely, oak can be chocolate brown in colour
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- Quarter sawn oak – streaked with silver medullary rays
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- Cedar of Lebanon – natural moth repellent used to line wardrobes and drawers
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- Elm – colour from straw to bronze, with pips and burrs occurring
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- Tiger oak – striped with dark streaks, very unusual
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- Sycamore – a pale creamy white hardwood
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- Douglas fir
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- Larch – grown locally on the Stourhead estate
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- Olive ash – towards the centre of the tree, the wood is more coffee-coloured
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- Pale ash – a very tough, open-grained wood with an attractive creamy colour
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- Walnut from Flamberts, Trent, Dorset. “Juglans Regia – fit for a king or a queen!”