


From an unimposing exterior you enter an Aladdin’s Cave full of Chinese furniture crafted from solid rosewood and ash, blending with a selection of Oriental antiques, ornaments and lamps. Furniture comes from selected workshops in China.
Oriental Expression is now a long established business with furniture to view and purchase from stock, also offering a vast range of alternatives made to order.
With shipments arriving throughout the year we have a continually changing display.
From clean classic lines to detailed carving or mother of pearl inlays, Oriental furniture offers such a broad range of styles that it lends itself perfectly to both modern and traditional settings.
Lovers of quality will appreciate the beauty of solid rosewood, ash and a range of other traditional timbers, hand made by some of the world’s top craftsmen catering for both Oriental and Western styles.
Oriental Expression also offer to custom make any item to your own design and style from a choice of hard woods, all for little more than a standard piece of furniture.
In a world of machine made laminates, we supply hand crafted hard wood for comparable prices.


Oriental Expression was started in the mid 1980’s by craftsman and teacher Rob McCretton, import high quality Chinese furniture, supplying direct to the public to reduce costs. As a craftsman Rob recognised the excellent quality of design and craftsmanship used in each piece after commissioning furniture for himself whilst based in Hong Kong. After 10 years teaching in UK, Germany & Hong Kong Rob changed direction and started Oriental Expression.

Timeless beauty - Chinese furniture, handmade from solid rosewood and ash.
Originally based at Newnham in Cambridge, he moved to the Old Tannery Shop in Pampisford, more recently relocating to the Eastern Counties Leather Estate, approximately 150 metres along the road into Oriental Expression’s old storeroom.
Rosewood rolltop desk