Set of 4 Derek 'Lizardman' Slater Arts & Crafts Yorkshire School Oak Chairs

An Arts & Crafts Yorkshire School English Oak Chair by Derek 'Lizardman' Slater C.1970. Classic Yorkshire school chairs. Featuring:

• Solid English Oak throughout

• Drop in seat pads

• Side stretchers united by a cross stretcher

• Octagonal front legs

• Hand carved lattice backs

Approximate dimensions are:

• Overall Height 855mm (2 feet 9 1/2 inches)

• Overall Width 430mm (1 foot 4 3/4 inches)

• Overall Depth 450mm (1 foot 5 1/2 inches)

• Seat Height 460mm (1 foot 6 inches) [A standard height for a dining table]

C.1970

Derek Lizardman Slater's carved fish motif (used on earlier pieces)

Very good condition with tight joints, original finish and firm seat pads. Some minor surface marks in places. If you wish to have further specific photographs or talk to us for a more detailed condition report then please do not hesitate to contact us.

A former apprentice from Acorn Industries (Alan 'Acornman' Grainger) know for his quality work in oak in the Yorkshire School style and trademark carved Lizard. He worked with with ex-Mouseman apprentice Martin Dutton under the trade name 'Woodcarvers of Crayke'

The most British of woods, that can produce really special results. English oak has been used for hundreds of years to construct everything from sea-going vessels to fine furniture. Although oak grows widely across Europe and North America, craftsmen continue to cherish English oak which grows more slowly than its foreign counterparts giving it strength, durability. Quarter sawn boards are very straight grained and have distinctive growth rings and medullary rays that give a very beautiful effect as well as being renowned for their superior stability and strength

The Yorkshire School of the Arts & Crafts movement started with Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson's  transformation from jobbing carpenter to master craftsmen. By the mid-1920s he had adopted his trademark mouse (now world renowned as a symbol of quality furniture) and had his own workshop busily employing several men. As the workshop grew and over the years many of the craftsmen have taken their skills and branched out and adopted a trademark of their own, a fox, a lizard, a fish, a rabbit to name but a few, and whilst some have closely stuck to the Mouseman designs others have taken the style and adapted it. Other craftsmen, unconnected to the Mouseman workshop, have also chosen the classic Yorkshire Oak style as their own. Typical Yorkshire school items are in English Oak, with traditional pegged joints and adzed surfaces