Erasmus Hill Design

Round occasional table and chairs. Hand carved base with gold finish. Granite top and base. Mahogany side chairs.

Hand carved chest. Solid Butternut. Carving theme is based on Coleridge’s poem the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Mahogany dining chair based on Hector Guimard’s dining chair, c.1898. Client requested a back splat added and some small design changes.

Hand carved chest. Solid Butternut. Carving theme is original design depicting scenes from a sculpture shop.

A storage chest for important personal belongings carved in butternut. The theme of the carvings were selected by the client. Back panel joinery cut by hand.

The Monk. Hand carved sculpture in teak.

Reproduction gramophone cabinet in walnut. Built to client’s specifications.

Hollow segmented pedestal turned with hand carving of humming bird proud of the surface. Natural hand-rubbed finish.

41” H

Oak solids and oak veneer. Small storage box with low relief carving on hinged lid. Natural hand rubbed finish.

12” x 17” x 11” H)

Movable storage for slippers and books in a bedroom. Stylized bird carvings suggestive of parrots at top of posts. Swivel wheels.

12” x 12” x 36”H

Solid Butternut storage chest with hand cut dovetails and front panels carved in relief with scenes from literature including knights battling from King Arthur legends on one side, Robin Hood and Little John fighting with quarter-staffs on the other.

Front panel depicts Don Quixote charging a windmill with Sancho Panza looking on.

16” x 24” x 15” H

Oak solids and oak veneer. Stained dark. Hand rubbed finish. Design of low relief carving of birds and flowers supplied by customer.

12” x 16” x 10”H

Birds eye maple veneer with ebony accents. Lined with blood wood. Removable lid.

6 ½ x 10 ½ x 4” H

Custom wall unit made of MDF and wood soilds with glass shelving. Finished with white laquer.

Construction by Maverick Design

Bird carvings by Erasmus Hill

Exterior built from Oak solids and oak veneer plywood. Interior built from Maple solids and plywood.

Solid walnut dining table with steel base and steel top suports.
40 inches wide by 10 foot 6 inches long.

Designed by Joseph Campitelli.
JOSEPH N. CAMPITELLI ARCHITECT INC.
http://www.jnc-architect.com/

Hanging lamps laminated and turned from Baltic Birch plywood.

Premium cherry wood TV cabinet with ebony accents and solid brass hinges.

The sculpture depicts a medieval monk having a bad day. Carved out of a single block of teak.

12” H

Residential dining chair. Stained hardwood. Lacquer top coat.

Shower Bench commission done in IPE designed to remain in shower enclosure. Dowel joinery and mechanical joints suitable for a wet environment.

Showpiece letter or storage box done in East Indian Rosewood veneer and solids. Butt-matched veneer panels.

Functional storage crates fabricated in white oak veneers and white oak solids laminated over a Baltic birch core. Used individually as storage boxes or stacked to form table surfaces. Also stacked on their sides to form a bookcase.

Reproduction based on George Grant Elmslie dining chair. Fabricated in red oak with lacquer finish.

Segmented walnut top with tapered laminated walnut legs. Quarter-inch tempered glass table top.

Dining chair inspired by R. Riemerschmid’s original chair for a music room c.1898.

Walnut bowl turned and carved by hand. Walnut and laminated Baltic Birch spheres turned by hand.

Created for the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

See the Globe and Mail article here

Full-sized stool inspired by traditional ball and claw chair leg.

Red oak stool with an turned ebony ball.

Premium walnut dresser. Soft maple drawer-sides with dovetail joinery.

Solid mahogany dining chair.

Premium quarter-sawn white oak dining chair.

Solid African Mahogany Queen size Sleigh Bed. Custom carvings on headboard and footboard posts done by hand.

Laminated walnut legs with ebony inlay.

Drop-front desk originally designed by Harvey Ellis. Hand-carved premium butternut.

Three-cube set of plastic laminate samples for a designer’s reception area.

French Provincial ladderback dining chair in solid walnut.