Manufacturing — Oman
Our Oman factory is the home of our most specialised decorative work. Over three decades of continuous operation, the facility has built deep capability across six disciplines: traditional marquetry, khatam, mehr kari, damascene metalwork, gilding and hand-carving. The craftsmen here were trained from childhood in techniques passed through generations of Gulf and Persian decorative arts. These are rare skills, and few workshops anywhere practise them at this depth.
Marquetry is cut, fitted and inlaid entirely by hand, using fine veneers, mother-of-pearl, brass and exotic timbers. Khatam produces intricate micro-mosaic geometric patterns from tiny rods of wood, bone, brass and shell. Mehr kari, a traditional form of metal inlay, sets precious metals into wood and stone surfaces. Damascene metalwork inlays gold and silver wire into steel. Gilding applies gold and silver leaf by hand. Hand-carving covers architectural mashrabiya screens, relief detail and ornamental joinery.
The facility serves projects across the Gulf region and internationally, supplying decorative panels, inlaid furniture and ornamental joinery for residences, palaces and the most architecturally ambitious hospitality projects. Pieces produced here are unique commissions, designed in dialogue between the design team, the carver and the master craftsman.
Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula.
Sea freight to Europe and the Americas.
Air freight for time-critical commissions.
The Oman factory draws on a regional inheritance of decorative craft that runs deep in the Gulf’s making traditions. Six disciplines operate under one roof: marquetry, khatam micro-inlay, mehr kari, damascene metalwork, gilding and hand-carving. Over three decades of practice, the team has refined each technique to the point where they can be combined within a single commission.
Khatam sets tiny rods of wood, brass and bone into intricate geometric mosaics. Mehr kari inlays precious metals into wood and stone. Damascene threads gold and silver wire into steel. Gilding lays metal leaf by hand. The work across all disciplines is exacting and largely by hand, with pieces built up from many small components.