About

Greta de Parry is an award-winning, classically-trained woodworker and sculptor.  She has designed, refined, and personally made all of her namesake design firm's furniture in her Chicago shop since 2007.  Every Greta de Parry design is paired with solid, natural materials and made to be honest, simple, beautiful, lasting, and beneficial to its users.

Greta completed her MFA with a focus on Sculpture and Designed Objects at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Afterward she was recruited as the sole artist in residence at a post-graduate program affiliated with the university.  There she began making custom-commissioned furniture with the highest quality materials and construction techniques alongside master woodworker Mike Jarvi.

In 2010 Greta founded Greta de Parry Design to bring the quality associated with her custom commissions to a wider audience.  We continue to personally produce custom commissions and new work while also pairing with ethically-aligned Chicago-based fabricators on larger contract work.  

The principles that guide our work guide our business.