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Robert Thompson (designer)

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Others, including former apprentices who continued in his style working in Yorkshire oak, adopted similar identifying marks and nicknames. These makers include Thomas "Gnomeman" Whittaker (1910–1991), Derek "Lizardman" Slater, Colin "Beaverman" Almack, Robert "Rabbitman" Heap, Graham "Swanman"
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came about accidentally in 1919 following a conversation about "being as poor as a church mouse", which took place between Thompson and one of his colleagues during the carving of a
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Duncalf, Alan "Acornman" Grainger, Wilf "Squirrelman" Hutchinson, Albert "Eagleman" Jeffray, Malcolm "Foxman" Pipes, and Shaw & Riley "The Seahorsemen of Hessay".
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The workshop, now being run by his descendants, includes a showroom and visitors' centre, and is located beside the Parish Church, which contains "Mouseman"
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in North Yorkshire where, during the 1930s, he designed most of the church's interior furnishings, including
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Thompson was part of the 1920s revival of craftsmanship, inspired by the
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Miller's Arts & Crafts: Living with the Arts & Crafts Style
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furniture, which featured a carved mouse on almost every piece.
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Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2022-2023
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How do you tell if it is a genuine 'Mouseman' item?
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Mouseman Visitor Centre in Kilburn, North Yorkshire
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furniture
Kilburn
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oak

Kilburn
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Arts and Crafts movement
William Morris
John Ruskin
Thomas Carlyle
Stanley Webb Davies
Windermere
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Ampleforth College
Ampleforth Abbey
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Hubberholme
pews
choir stalls
Mouseman lychgate at Greenhow, North Yorkshire
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