Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.\u201cI could often be found in a church underneath a table, with a vicar saying, \u2018What are you doing?\u2019\u201d recalls Jerry Fisher of his early days researching joinery techniques in period properties and museum collections. \u201cWe trained ourselves by copying the original pieces.\u201d\u00a0Fisher, who became a master carver after studying painting and sculpture, is one of five craftsmen who established Stuart Interiors in Somerset in 1976. Its niche is creating bespoke oak joinery in a range of historical styles. Today, the multi-family business\u2019s oak-panelled rooms, elaborately carved interiors, grand staircases and libraries grace Elizabethan manors, Georgian town houses and contemporary buildings around the world. It counts the National Trust, English Heritage and Historic Royal Palaces among its clients, and projects have included the Tower of London, the restoration of Henry VIII\u2019s apartments in Hampton Court Palace and the replication of Admiral Nelson\u2019s mahogany campaign furniture on the HMS Victory.\u00a0The founders relied initially on a piecework model to complete their commissions, calling on the specialist skills of a larger group of woodworkers when needed. This guild-derived system allowed them to branch out from Jacobean furniture into entire rooms, houses and historic recreations.\u00a0A Victorian Gothic entertaining space they designed for one client includes a 38-seat table that sinks down to become a dance floorFor private commissions, they blend heritage techniques with modern elements, maintaining traditional joinery and craft while \u201cmaking it functional for 21st-century living\u201d, says partner Rebecca Fisher, Jerry\u2019s daughter. She and Jake Russell, the son of Peter Russell, another co-founder, oversee a workshop of about 10 craftspeople in Prague, as well as collaborating with independent UK-based artisans.\u00a0Contemporary projects often involve incorporating hidden AV systems, lighting or technology. A Victorian Gothic entertaining space they designed for one client, for example, includes a 38-seat table that sinks down to become a dance floor. A coffered oak ceiling with tracery panels was built for another client to shade a swimming pool. In recent years, secret doors \u2014 which swing open at the tug of a particular book \u2014 have become a sought-after element in libraries.The company prides itself on reviving and reinterpreting diverse historic styles: delicate parchemin or linenfold panelling, intricate rosette and acanthus leaf motifs, and formal Neoclassical elements. Staircases have included elaborate Gothic tracery balusters and finials shaped into mythical creatures, or followed the simplified lines of the Arts and Crafts movement.\u00a0\u00a0Quarter-sawn oak is a speciality \u2014 a more labour-intensive cutting method that makes boards less likely to warp and more likely to reveal lively flecks and rays in the grain. \u201cThere\u2019s so much going on in each individual panel \u2014 it\u2019s almost like the flickering of a flame,\u201d says Rebecca Fisher.\u00a0\u201cWe get to play with some amazing buildings,\u201d says her father. \u201cYou never make two things the same\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009well, unless you make a pair of things.\u201dDoors from \u00a32,500; staircases from \u00a35,000; lead time from 6 months; stuartinteriors.com\/bespoke-interiorsFind out about our latest stories first \u2014 follow @ft_houseandhome on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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