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As part of their full interior design service Jenny Blanc has
created a range of mahogany furniture inspired by the rich
heritage of Barbados and made by joiners on the island.
Jenny Blanc’s inspiring showroom in St. James features a host of enticing, original products for the
home and offers an unbeatable range of services to help you create beautiful interiors.
The full design service, run from their West London studio, is underpinned by their many years of
experience of designing houses in the Caribbean and has access to the most exquisite collections
of fabrics and furnishings available internationally.
The ‘Just Rooms’ service allows you to decorate your house one room at a time with the full
support and expertise of the talented showroom team. Special packages can be tailored to furnish
holiday lets and the team will visit your home to accessorise your interiors with those finishing
touches to make them your own. The showroom offers a selection of exceptional brands of outdoor
furniture all tried and tested for suitability in a tropical, marine climate.
As part of their full interior design service Jenny Blanc has created a range of mahogany furniture
inspired by the rich heritage of Barbados and made by joiners on the island. Barbados mahogany
(Swietenia mahogany) was abundant when the island was first settled by Europeans. Used by
the settlers as the main material for construction, fuel for early sugar cane factories, boat building
and furniture, only small groves now remain. Furniture made from this hardwood is prized for its
durability, its resistance to termites, its superb quality and beautiful reddish brown colour. Today,
most mahogany is imported onto the island and the superior Barbados mahogany only becomes
available if a tree falls or is trimmed.
The early settlers brought furniture with them but with the availability of this fine hardwood and
skilled local joiners, by the late 18th Century there was significant production of local furniture in
styles influenced by the earlier imported pieces. Distinguished from the more restrained English
models, the more exuberant Barbadian style of furniture flourished when the great houses on the
sugar plantations were re-built after the 1831 hurricane.
Following in this tradition, Jenny Blanc Interiors has revisited historic Barbadian furniture styles
with their designs for beautiful mahogany and cane armchairs, elegant mahogany and marble coffee
tables and romantic four poster beds with matching dressing tables. Outstanding pieces – made
from rarely available Barbados mahogany – such as a bar with painted panels featuring the local
green monkeys, have been designed by Jenny Blanc and are made locally by talented artisans. This
beautiful mahogany furniture, with its reflections of an earlier cultural heritage and style, adds depth
and character to contemporary interiors and contributes influences of an original plantation house.
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