The George Bensley workshop is a little part of Great Britain in Ho Chi Minh City. Here, talented Vietnamese craftsmen work with British expert woodworkers to produce the George Bensley collections. They are using traditional skills, learned in the established way from their English craftsmen colleagues. They are the latest in a largely unbroken line of artisans that stretches back to the guilds of master craftsmen of the British Golden Age of furniture design.
George Bensley is not a large scale, high output house, but a handmade low production atelier celebrating the fine arts of English period furniture. While the great work of the Golden Age inspires the workmanship, the designs are uniquely those of David Salmon. He personally oversees each collection, selecting and combining the materials, drafting the designs, and guiding production at every stage. The designs are leading the trend for mixing heritage and traditional design and materials in contemporary settings. Buyers may select individual pieces to anchor an interior, or whole room sets to make a more emphatic statement.