Taking the influence of Strahov Monastery to hand carve a beautiful baroque...
Located in Prague, Czech Republic stands the magnificent Strahov Monastery which was originally founded in 1149. Over the course of 800 years this building has withstood a fascinating history of fire,...
View ArticleAnother happy client - de Gournay
"Really, really pleased with carvings , I would not hesitate to use you again and will be recommending you to everyone in the trade that I know, thankyou so much !"Philip Rosede GournaySeptember, 2014...
View Article5 fun analogies that explain our work
Type “carved appliques” into a search engine and several websites appear with images of “carvings” alongside an extraordinarily cheap price. In fact, machine-carved or even poorly hand-carved...
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Why do hand-carved capitals cost so much?
We bid on a lot of capitals. Whether the client requests Ionic capitals, Corinthian capitals, a mixture of the two (usually called Composite) or something entirely different, our estimates are often...
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Want a Downton Abbey staircase? Start here
Over at Agrell Architectural Carving's USA-based website, company CEO Ian Agrell has given a (somewhat ballpark) breakdown of what it would take to carve a grand oak staircase as featured in the TV...
View ArticleNEW: Product line available!
Agrell Architectural Carving is excited to announce the launch of a made-to-order product line, sold online through our sister company, Astor & Mallet. Visit the store at...
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Flashback: Restoring the heavily burned Utah Governor's Mansion
By David AgrellLast April a fire ravished Clandon Park, a Grade I-listed house near Guildford, Surrey, and earlier this week the National Trust announced it would use approximately £65 million in...
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Do you want to learn woodcarving ... in France?
Ian Agrell has been running the School of Classical Woodcarving in the United States for more than 20 years. In that time he's taught around 300 students, many of whom have gone on to become...
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On the day in history: 28th June 1919: Treaty of Versailles. French...
On this day in history the 28th June 1919 the Treaty of Versaille was signed - one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. Given the anniversary and the current news I decided to write a bit...
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Celebrating July 4th with patriotic eagles
We would like to wish our friends, family and colleagues in the United States and very happy July 4th / Independence Day. We celebrate this with some examples of our patriotic wood carvings of...
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