An Arts & Crafts Yorkshire School English Oak Dining Table by Alan 'Acornman' Grainger (Ex-Mouseman) made around 1960. A large dining table capable of easily seating 8 people, in the classic Yorkshire School style. Featuring:

• Rectangular top made out of just five continuous pieces of oak

• Solid English Oak throughout

• On shaped trestle supports with sledge feet joined with a single stretcher secured by keyed tenons

• Traditional blind tenons secured with hand made pegs

• Subtly adzed on all visible surfaces (the subtle surface rippling synonymous with Yorkshire School furniture).

Approximate dimensions are:

• Overall Length 2103mm (6 feet 10 3/4 inches)

• Overall Width 850mm (2 feet 9 1/4 inches)

• Base Height 750mm (2 feet 5 1/2 inches) [A standard height for a dining table]

C. 1960

Alan Grainger's inset finely carved signature acorn motif on the stretcher

Good sound condition with tight joints. Some moderate marks and surface abrasions on thr e top . 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.

Acorn Industries was started by George Grainger, a former Robert "Mouseman' Thompson craftsman, in the mid-30s. He trained his son Alan (and Derek 'Lizardman' Slater) who then took over and developed the business. Renowned for high quality pieces, all hand made, usually from English oak and bearing the acorn mark

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