Neo-Art Nouveau Sideboard by Arroyo Design, in Mesquite

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Designed and executed by Arroyo Design in the mid 2000's as part of a large dining set.

Arroyo Design specialized … Read more Designed and executed by Arroyo Design in the mid 2000's as part of a large dining set.

Arroyo Design specialized in designing and executing historically referenced custom furniture pieces for thirty years, from 1984 - 2014. The original clients for this set have recently willed it back to us. We were often inspired by Biedermeier, Victorian eras, and spent some years working in the Craftsman design vocabulary of Charles and Sumner Greene. The Cornells, who were the clients for these pieces, were the only people for whom we worked in the Art Nouveau style, having done other pieces besides the dining set this was part of. This piece required extensive prototyping and mock-ups in modeling foam over the better part of a year, with much input from the clients.

We worked in some standard domestic hardwoods, but were primarily known for working in mesquite, as in this piece. Mesquite is a wild desert wood that grows in the Sonoran Desert. It is exceedingly difficult to procure and work, but is nonetheless quite beautiful, as you will note.
Old-world joinery and bookmatched panels and table tops were standard, as in this piece.

In this combination of material and style, it would be safe to say this piece is unique in the world.

Some of our more notable clients included Paul and Linda Mcartney, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Linda Ronstadt, Roger Waters, Gene Hackman, John Larroquette and the Dalai Lama (through the Arizona Friends of Tibet, for a 3-day lecture series he gave in Tucson).

Arroyo Design has been published in Elle Decor , Architectural Digest among many other publications.

One of the drawers is lined with silver cloth. One of the lower bays has roll-out shelves, the other bays have adjustable shelves. The piece is all solid mesquite except for maple drawer bodies. The back is finished, and also has bookmatched panels.

The dining table and chairs for this set will also be listed on Chairish. See less