NEW YORK
Our relationship with New York began in 1992, when we travelled over to exhibit at our very first trade show in the United States, introducing our marquetry frames to a new wholesale audience.
We arrived to a full snowstorm - five-foot drifts lining the entrance to the show. Hardly anyone came. We remember looking at one another thinking this might be both our first and last visit to the city.
But New York has a way of rewarding persistence. We returned year after year, building lasting relationships and deep affection for the energy and ambition of the place.
More recently, we celebrated that journey by hosting our first-ever international press event at the iconic The Whitby Hotel in the heart of Manhattan - a setting that now feels woven into our story.
The restaurant is full of character: joyful colour, layered pattern and unmistakable British sensibility, yet entirely New York in its pace and spirit. The food is refined but comforting, beautifully executed without a hint of formality. In the centre of Midtown, it offers that rare balance - calm, elegant interiors with the vibrancy of the city just beyond its doors.
