A 1930s Robert Thompson Mouseman oak stool, commissioned by solicitor George Bolton, with adzed figured and burr oak and a carved mouse signature. The rectangular dished seat has rounded corners and sits above plain frieze rails, with octagonal supports joined by a box stretcher.
Bolton was Robert Thompson’s solicitor and received Thompson’s original ‘patent mouse’, carved in connection with the registration of the mouse trademark in 1931. That mouse was later returned to the Thompson family. This stool is discussed in Diane Sinnott and Harriet Hunter Smart, *Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson 1876–1955: Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker & Designer* (Tennants exhibition catalogue, 2016), p. 11.
A distinctive piece of Mouseman furniture for sale at auction with Duggleby Auctioneers.