An Arts & Crafts Yorkshire School English Oak Dresser by K. A. Wilkinson 1989. A lovely large Yorkshire School dresser providing a vast amount of storage space, inluding a top with a good depth and handy combination of open, glazed and enclosed options. Featuring:

• Solid English Oak construction.

• Well figured English Oak.

• Four drawers over 4 door with single plank fielded panels surrounded by rails and stiles joined by blind tenons revealing adjustable shelves.

• Rectangular top made out of continuous pieces of oak.

• Upper section with four glazed doors one open section and two cupboard doors.

Approximate dimensions are:

• Overall Length 2120mm (6 feet 11 1/4 inches).

• Overall Depth 460mm (1 foot 6 inches).

• Base Height 920mm (3 feet).

• Top Height 1000mm (3 feet 3 1/4 inches).

• Top Depth 330mm (1 foot and 3/4 of an inch).

• Overall Height 1900mm (6 feet 2 3/4 inches).

1989.

Carved initials and name stamp on the back.

Excellent condition with excellent rich colour and grain and original finish., A few minor marks and dints discoverable upon close inspection, although surprisingly few for the age of the item. 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 craftsman maker working in the Yorkshire School style and based near Thirsk.

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.