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Sir Ian Hunter, Chairman of Council, John Makepeace, designer and Orlando Oldham who donated the occasional table to the Society
RSA/AD/MA/204/19/19 · Item · 20/10/1981
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Orlando Oldham, member of council from 1970-1975 gave the Society the occasional table which he privately commissioned John Makepeace to design. The table is made by a combination of turnery, joinery and carving from a single tree of English burr elm, the burr being a natural phenomenon giving rise to the highly complex and decorative grain.