Soane Britain

25/04/2023

To celebrate London Craft Week Soane’s founder Lulu Lytle will be in conversation with Fiona McCarthy on Tuesday 9th May at The V&A Museum as they discuss the way Soane is working with craftspeople around the UK to preserve traditional making skills and to champion new ones. In 2011 Soane initiated its own apprenticeship schemes to foster the very specific skills required to make rattan furniture and lighting, which include steam bending and weaving cane. We are lucky to have three generations of one family working together in the Soane workshop, pictured below.

Buy tickets: https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/VY9VD5k8DQ/onsite-talk-soane-britain-preservation-of-crafts

01/12/2022

28/11/2022

The Rattan Ripple Console is a cane framed table with exquisitely woven rattan contours that take the form of stylized draped linen. The console is entirely hand-made by our skilled weavers at Soane's rattan workshop in Leicestershire, England.

25/11/2022

Chair making is a highly specialised craft requiring exceptional joinery skills to make chairs of great quality and comfort. Soane Britain has taken ownership of one of a very few workshops in Britain still making chairs exclusively by hand in Dorset and continuing the traditions of eighteenth century master chair makers. The frames for Soane’s large collection of chair, sofa and stool designs are hand-made to order using carefully chosen materials.

25/11/2022

Soane’s traditionally upholstered chairs, sofas and stools are made by specialists in Somerset employing diverse materials to meet the demands of each design. Frames are delivered from the chair makers ready to be hand-sprung, hand-stitched and webbed, using feather and down cushions.

15/12/2020

The Soane rattan story is one of making furniture and lighting, founded on integrity and longevity, whilst reviving an almost extinct British industry.

15/12/2020

With an uncompromising commitment to British manufacturing and as a result of over 20 years of collaboration with some of Britain’s finest makers, Soane has become a showcase for the best of the country’s established and new craft industries.

15/12/2020

23/10/2019

Inspired by Ottoman turbans, The Rattan Pasha Hanging Light is hand-woven on a cane frame by Soane’s Leicestershire rattan weavers. The undulating design curves upwards and inwards, leaving the centre and top open. The light is available in small or large, suspended by natural rope or chain.