The Company / Principles / Manufacturing Process
WHERE REVERENCE FOR WOOD AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY MEET
FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY
Baronet furniture is mostly made of solid wood – chiefly maple – crafted by skilled woodworkers who share those age-old values the artist Eric Sloan, columnist at the American Landscape and Traditional Crafts, called “a reverence for wood”.

THE MAKING OF BARONET FURNITURE
Unlike metal, glass or plastic, our hardwoods are very much alive when they’re brought to the Baronet mill.

The first step is to stabilize the wood. Inside, wood tends to shrink or expand as it loses and absorbs moisture due to temperature, dryness or relative humidity extremes. Wood will always regain its original dimensions under stable conditions, provided it has been “seasoned” – that is, dried to an appropriate moisture level – before it is made into furniture.
 
1. Rough panel before removing
excess glue
2. Panel after planing
3. Mortise
4. Tenon

Design
Our Beds


Because wood is alive, Baronet hardwoods are slowly dried to moisture content of 6% to 8%. Planks are carefully sorted and matched to create compound panels with a consistent grain pattern and color. Panels are then planed and sanded for use as tabletops, headboards, legs, gables, etc.

Baronet cabinetwork is assembled using traditional mortise-and-tenon joints – still the best guarantee of strength and permanent stability. Our machining rooms are fully equipped with sophisticated robotics and computer-assisted equipment that allow us to make ultra-precise mortise and tenon joints – for true “cutting-edge” quality.

While advanced technologies control Baronet’s machining and sanding processes, we rely on traditional cabinetmaking techniques for furniture assembly and finishing, where human values – trained eye and skills – take charge of the final result.


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