The Merchant’s Table is an online shop and showroom that celebrates craft objects made in the modern British tradition. All of our pieces are made by independent makers and artists. We source work that tells a story.  These are objects that reflect the places they were made and the heritage of past craftspeople. Our artists acknowledge this past and go on to design and create for today. By shopping at the Merchant’s Table you are helping to promote and support British Heritage Crafts and artists using techniques within the Heritage Crafts’ Red List of Endangered Crafts. By supporting the work of homegrown independent maker’s you are choosing to shop sustainably. 

Allies Design Studio creates branding, packaging, literature, merchandising and overall styling for independent, innovative food clients. Right now Pump Street chocolate our long-standing client is in residency at our Woodbridge shop.

The idea of the table as a place to share food but also creativity, experience and knowledge is central to our studio’s practise. The Merchant’s Table has grown organically from the work undertaken as a design studio, our shop is an opportunity to collaborate with extraordinary makers, artists and  producers. To create a unique space that is a hybrid of shop and gallery and gives the opportunity to create limited edition objects found only at The Merchant’s Table.