A table chair with removable back, held by three wedges (to be kept tight when in use). The oak has been locally sourced in the Scottish Borders. Riven refers to oak that has been split from large butts by ‘wedge-and-mallet’ and not converted to planks by machine.

Adrian McCurdy (b.1953, Kendal) is one of Scotland’s most respected furniture makers, celebrated for work that combines traditional craftsmanship with a refined contemporary sensibility. Working from his workshop in the Scottish Borders, he creates furniture and sculptural objects from locally sourced timber, often using storm-felled trees and sustainably harvested hardwoods from the surrounding landscape.