Michigan D r. He will give the annual Beverly Russell International Lecture at 8 p.m. on April 29 at St. Cecilia's Auditorium. Linley studied at Parnham House School for Craftsmen in Wood from 1980 to 1982 under the direction of celebrated British furniture-maker John Makepeace, prior to opening his own custom design furniture atelier. During the past 10 years his company in London has grown to 50 skilled craftsmen and specialists in marquetry and parquetry cutting, turners, gilders, metal workers and glaziers.
Commissions come from all over the world.
He recently expanded his retail store on Pimlico Rd., which sells his residential furniture, fabrics and accessories. Some of his accessory collections are available in the U.S. through Neimann Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. Linley describes his furniture as contemporary classics. Commissions vary from residential furniture for private houses to outfitting private yachts and a 60-foot table for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He is the author of two widely-read books on furniture design, Classical Furniture and Extraordinary Furniture.