Sheraton style Sheraton style Sheraton is a late 18th-century neoclassical English furniture style, in vogue "ca" 1785 - 1820, that was coined by 19th century collectors and dealers to credit furniture designer Thomas Sheraton, born in Stockton-on-Tees, England in 1751 and whose books, "The Cabinet Dictionary" (1803) of engraved designs and the "Cabinet Maker's & Upholsterer's Drawing Book" (1791) of furniture patterns exemplify this style. The Sheraton style was inspired by the Louis XVI style and features round tapered legs, fluting and most notably contrasting veneer inlays. Sheraton style furniture takes lightweight rectilinear forms, using satinwood, mahogany and tulipwood, sycamore and rosewood
Mark Wilkinson (designer) Mark Wilkinson (designer) Mark Roger Wilkinson OBE, OLM (1950 – 5 July 2017) was an English furniture designer. Wilkinson was the founding designer of Mark Wilkinson Furniture and Smallbone of Devizes. Both companies make fitted furniture and became divisions of Canburg Ltd. He was a visiting lecturer in Design Creativity at the University of the West of England (UWE) and contributed to design teaching at the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology, Rycotewood College, and the Chelsea-based KLC Design School. Wilkinson was described by Eliot Nusbaum, writing in the "Sunday Times", as the "Mozart of Kitchen Cabinet Makers" while the