Mouseman and the provenance of Yorkshire Oak Furniture.
Just arrived at Arts and Crafts Company are a set of 6 (Six) Robert “Mouseman” Thompson Panel Back Dining Chairs from Arts and Crafts Company’s current inventory of 20th Century English Yorkshire Oak artisan furniture. £P.O.A - contact@arts-and-crafts-company.com
The provenance of works of fine art, antiques and antiquities often assumes great importance. Documented evidence of provenance for an object can help to establish that it has not been altered and is not a forgery, reproduction, stolen or looted art. Knowledge of provenance can help to assign the work to a known artist and a documented history can be of use in helping to prove ownership.
The quality of provenance of an important work of art can make a considerable difference to its selling price in the market; this is affected by the degree of certainty of the provenance, the status of past owners as collectors, and in many cases by the strength of evidence that an object has not been illegally excavated or exported from another country. The provenance of a work of art may be recorded in various forms depending on context or the amount that is known, from a single name to an entry in a full scholarly catalogue several thousand words long.
Arts and Crafts Company present an inventory of artisan English Oak furniture with known provenance descending from Robert “Mouseman” Thompson (1876 - 1955), his apprentices and craftsman followers. The artisans represented in the Arts and Crafts Company inventory have made major contributions to some of the finest interiors in the United Kingdom and around the world, including Abbeys, Churches, Boardrooms, Public Buildings and Royal Castles.
Fine 21st Century homes around the world can now also contain works of art by the artisan “Yorkshire Critters”. Visit Arts and Crafts Company online at http://www.arts-and-crafts-company.com/
