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Article: ACE hall of fame award. (ACE Awards Preview).(profiles Burberry, UK)(Company Profile)
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- September 16, 2002
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Burberry
LONDON -- When David Linley first displayed his collection of jewelry boxes and picture frames inlaid with some familiar plaid patterns, visitors to his Pimlico Road shop in London were alarmed.
"Does Burberry know about this?" asked one, pointing to a picture frame decorated with the company's trademark plaid.
Two years ago, when the fashion house opened its New Bond Street flagship, Linley, a cabinetmaker and son of the late Princess Margaret, made the store's central oak table, which is inlaid with the Burberry plaid by means of a 17th-century decorative technique called marquetry.
Now, Linley designs a small home ...