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— Our Story

Furniture from the atelier,
made the slow way.

Three generations of joinery. One village outside Foshan. Twenty-eight finishing steps. Zero shortcuts.

From the atelier,
a way of making.

XAVIER was founded in 2018 by master craftsman Xavier Tan, whose family has worked the oak forests of northern Guangdong for three generations. The name honours the Foshan atelier (Foshan atelier) where our founders first learned mortise-and-tenon joinery under the canopy of banyan trees.

Each piece begins with a hand-drawn sketch, ages through weeks of slow drying, and finishes in our atelier outside Foshan with natural oils and waxes — never stains, never shortcuts. The result is furniture that looks better at year ten than at year one.

"Handcrafted in our atelier. The wood remembers every hand that shaped it."— Xavier Tan · Founder
— What We Believe

Four principles. No exceptions.

01

Honest Material

We only use FSC-certified hardwoods — oak, walnut, ash, teak. No veneers pretending to be solid.

02

Time, Properly Spent

Logs air-dry for 18 months before cutting. Each piece passes through 28 finishing steps.

03

Eastern Joinery

Mortise-and-tenon, dovetailed drawers, wedged tenons. Traditional joints that outlast the people who built them.

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The road so far.

1972

The grandfather begins

Xavier Tan Sr. opens a one-bench workshop in Foshan. Mortise-and-tenon joinery only. Three apprentices.
1996

Second generation

Xavier Tan's father, Thomas Tan, takes over. Workshop expands to 12 craftsmen. First international order — Singapore.
2018

XAVIER founded

Xavier Tan establishes the XAVIER brand. First showroom in Singapore. Wholesale begins.
2022

Berlin stockist

XAVIER opens the first European stockist. Trade program launches. 200+ pieces per month.
2026

Direct-to-home

The XAVIER.com direct-to-home store opens. Same atelier pieces, now available without the showroom middleman.

The atelier.

Twelve craftspeople. Three carpenters. One shared belief: that quiet work, done well, lasts.

Xavier Tan

Founder · Master Joiner

Li Hua

Head of Atelier

Sarah Tan

Director, Singapore

Tomás Müller

Director, Berlin

Visit the workshop.

The atelier outside Foshan welcomes trade visitors by appointment. Two-hour tour includes the joinery floor, finishing room, and our small museum of family pieces dating from 1972.

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