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Decorative grilles & vents
Bespoke metalwork
Screens & security

ABOUT US

London’s decorative metalwork and metal specialist

James Gilbert & Son specialises in high quality decorative metalwork. We are the world's oldest manufacturer of decorative metal grilles. For over 140 years we have produced architectural quality metal works for some of the biggest brands on the planet, yet we don't forget our roots, nor our smaller customers with whom we continue to work every day.

Hospitality

Retail

Heritage and restoration

Architecture & Construction

Product design

Private residence

TV & film

Yachts & Jets

Your project

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Hand crafted in the UK

Our range of products

At the centre of our business are decorative grilles including hand-woven wire and regency grilles, perforated decorative screens and panels with associated frames and decorative metalwork. These grace some of the finest hospitality and entertainment venues, public buildings and private residences, the length and breadth of the U.K. and beyond. See our decorative grilles here.


We also have an extended range of products that both complement our existing range of heritage products and finishes and befit modern living; offering a greater range of materials, designs and finishes than ever before.

Interior metalwork

We assist interior designers in achieving practical design and fabricating solutions, delivering beautiful metal details to accentuate 
their projects.

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Frames

We can provide frames, edgings, inlays, overlays and edge detail for all our standard products or as standalone items.

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Architectural metalwork

We work with architects at all stages of projects and help design and fabricate solutions for all decorative metal detailing requirements.

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Decorative grilles & screens

From small air vents through to large room dividers, decorative covid safety screens and decorative security grilles, we cater for all decorative grille and panel requirements.

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Emergency metalwork

Need it in a hurry? We prefer to work with clients from the early stages of a project, to ensure smooth and timely deliveries, but we can work to tight deadlines if necessary. Ask us about our premium accelerated services or just select them on the check-out pages when purchasing online.

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Specialist finishes

With over 140 years’ experience in the hand finishing, plating and patination of metals, we can provide you with exactly the look, feel and period appropriate appearance you require. We can colour match to samples new or old and apply them to any size grille or cladding panel.

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Here to help

Ready to work together

Whether your project involves the restoration of a single item – such as the supply of a single radiator grille - or the complete refurbishment of a modern department store or chain of historic hotels, please send us details and we look forward to working with you!

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Our core values


Innovation

We are always using our knowledge and experience to bring innovative products and metal processing techniques to the market to serve our customer’s needs and sometimes fulfil requirements they didn’t even know they had.

LOCATION

The location of our central London works makes us ideally located for supplying high quality decorative metalwork at short notice to satisfy the fast-paced requirements of London’s design and construction industries as well as the global market.

SERVICE

With our extensive experience of processing and chemically treating metals, all our decorative metal grilles and associated decorative metal products can be treated to make the finish match the style and era of the project. We also colour match existing finishes if samples of original pieces are supplied. We have fully equipped metal working facilities with both historic and state-of-the-art machinery, which means our skilled craftsmen can truly fulfil your decorative interior and architectural metalwork requirements.

Our approach


PROJECTS OF ALL SIZES

Whether your project involves the restoration of a single item – such as the supply of a single radiator grille - or the complete refurbishment of a modern department store or chain of historic hotels, please send us details of the project now. The earlier we are involved in your project, the sooner we can start advising you how to get the best result, on time.

TECHNIQUES

Alongside contemporary engineering technologies; we use traditional manufacturing, polishing and patinating techniques that we have honed to perfection for over a century, to achieve finishes and standards of quality that are unachievable by any other method.

SPECIAL FINISHES

With our extensive experience of processing and chemically treating metals, all our decorative metal grilles and associated decorative metal products can be treated to make the finish match the style and era of the project. We also colour match existing finishes if samples of original pieces are supplied. We have fully equipped metal working facilities with both historic and state-of-the-art machinery, which means our skilled craftsmen can truly fulfil your decorative interior and architectural metalwork requirements.

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SPECIFICS

Measurements, specifications and quantities are the details that give us the best chance of advising you on appropriate usage and cost, most of which can be entered into our automatic grille configurator pages (link to decorative grilles page) for instant quotation.

THE CONVERSATION

Where those specifics aren’t yet available; photographs, architectural drawings, CAD files, pdf’s, sketches on envelopes, intentions, aspirations, pipe cleaner models, vague notions and loose concepts are all welcome starting points. The best results are achieved when we are included in the early stages of a project from where we are happy to advise and be on hand to help all the way through to completion. Let us initiate the discussion as to how we can help you now. 

We look forward to working with you!

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