ABOUT RATTANOLOGY

A British design studio. A considered pursuit.

Rattanology was founded in Oxford in 2019 by Bill and Nory Mae Parry — a British antique dealer and a designer, drawn together by a shared conviction: that the most enduring objects are made slowly, by hand, from materials that only improve with time.

Bill brought a lifetime of reading objects — understanding provenance, patina, and the quiet authority of things made to last. His first collection, the Node, began not with a sketch but with a question: what happens when rattan is asked to hold tension rather than simply fill space.

Nory Mae brought the eye of a designer trained to see form before function, and to trust the intelligence of natural materials. Her Shroom Collection began with an observation about light — the kind that makes a room feel inhabited rather than illuminated.

Together, they built Rattanology around a single discipline: patience.

The Materials

Rattan and bamboo are not chosen for trend. They are chosen because they are alive — in texture, in warmth, in the way they respond to light. Brass is used sparingly, where structure demands it. Nothing is decorative for its own sake.

Every piece is woven by skilled craftspeople in the Philippines, whose knowledge of the material spans generations. The process cannot be accelerated. The result cannot be replicated by machine.

The Philosophy

We do not design for the moment. We design for the room you will still love in twenty years — the lamp that casts the same warm shadow, the chair that holds its form, the object that asks nothing of you except to be noticed.

Natural materials age. We consider this a feature, not a flaw.

The Studio

Rattanology is based in Oxford, England — but its making happens closer to the source. Nory Mae Parry returned to her hometown of Dueñas, Romblon, in the Philippines to establish the Rattanology design and build studio, working directly alongside the skilled craftspeople who bring each piece to life.

We work in small batches. We do not overproduce.

Rattanology is a UK design studio based in Oxford, partnering with skilled craftspeople in the Philippines to create premium rattan lighting and furniture with intention and integrity.