Merrow Associates was started by Richard Young, who is a former Royal College of Art student who later studied at the Royal Art Academy Copenhagen
under Professor Ole Wanscher. Richard Young is obsessed by quality and the kind of meticulous detailing typical of Scandinavian furniture of the
1950s. He uses beautifully finished glossy surfaces - a juxtaposition of rosewood, steel and glass - as substitutes for patina and marquetry. He
trained as a cabinet maker, another reason why materials feature high in his design priorities. Distribution was restricted to specialist retailers.
Heal`s and Harrods. Although the firms idiom is essentially traditional modern classic they prefer to call it, Merrow Associates has proved that
British workmanship, properly directed, matches Scandinavian. - The main designers and owners of the company where
Percy Wyett, Peter Weeks or Peter Wyett
