Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson workshop, an oak kidney shape tavern table, signed with a mouse, 66cm high, 66cm wide, 46cm deep : originally part of The Royal Yacht Hotel, Jersey, Channel Islands interior design. Thompson was born on 7th May 1876 and died 8th December 1955. He lived at Kilburn, North Yorkshire, where he started his business as a maker of oak ecclesiastical furnishings and furniture. The most famous of the 'Yorkshire critters' craftsmen: the mouse trademark leading to the term 'The Mouseman of Kilburn'. It has been speculated that the trademark came about accidently in 1919 after Robert had a conversation with one of his colleagues about being 'as poor as a church mouse'. Robert was carving a cornice for a screen at the time and this random remark inspired him to create a carving of a mouse. This then went onto become a trademark for all his works.
Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson workshop, an oak kidney shape tavern table, signed with a mouse, 66cm high, 66cm wide, 46cm deep : originally part of The Royal Yacht Hotel, Jersey, Channel Islands interior design. Thompson was born on 7th May 1876 and died 8th December 1955. He lived at Kilburn, North Yorkshire, where he started his business as a maker of oak ecclesiastical furnishings and furniture. The most famous of the 'Yorkshire critters' craftsmen: the mouse trademark leading to the term 'The Mouseman of Kilburn'. It has been speculated that the trademark came about accidently in 1919 after Robert had a conversation with one of his colleagues about being 'as poor as a church mouse'. Robert was carving a cornice for a screen at the time and this random remark inspired him to create a carving of a mouse. This then went onto become a trademark for all his works.
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