Quality Is First, Cost Second

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32119, 15 October 1969, Page 9

Quality Is First, Cost Second

MR TAYLOR (above), of lan D. Taylor, Ltd, came out from Aberdeen 16 years ago as an assisted immigrant Back in Scotland, he worked for a custom furnisher, making furniture “in the most elaborate manner. “When I came out here, I thought: ‘l’ll soon put this lot right’. It took me just 12 months to realise that it was me that needed putting right,” he says now. “I re-learned the trade when I came to New Zealand. The quality didn’t suffer at all—l just learned to hurry it along a little.” Mr Taylor says that New Zealand-made furniture is far superior to the general quality in Britain: “The man in the street gets far more for his money.” Looking at a superb example of hand-finishing, we asked: “How long do you give a man to do a job like that?” “You don't set a time,” was the reply. “He does the job and we cost it afterwards. I’d rather make it right than make it cheap. “You can see that of course, from our prices,” Mr Taylor said rather ruefully.,

“Except perhaps for imported ones, there has never I been a nest of tables sell-1 ing at $63 before." (See picture above.) < | Another example of price I is a dining suite, complete I with hand-carving, which I retails at $540, and an I example of value is a wal-il nut-veneer what-not on dis-1 play at the show. One of J these was sold in Sydney I last year for $B5. and sub-| sequently accepted in a I house valuation as al genuine antique worth I $5OO. I