20TH CENTURY DESIGN

SATURDAY 4 MARCH 2023 AT 9.30AM

AUCTION

The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG

VIEWING

Thursday 2 March 10.00am to 4.00pm

Friday 3 March 10.00am to 5.00pm

Morning of Sale from 8.00am

Live bidding is available on this sale by registering at www.tennants.co.uk

All lots illustrated online at www.tennants.co.uk

CONTACT

Telephone: 01969 623780 enquiry@tennants-ltd.co.uk www.tennants.co.uk

FRONT COVER Lots 265 (detail)

BACK COVER Lot 256

20th Century Design Department

Emcompassing studio ceramics, ceramics, glass, metalwork, sculpture, furniture and furnishings from all the major design movements in the applied arts from 1860 to the present day. Periods of collecting include Arts & Crafts, Aesthetic Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernist, Post-War Design and Contemporary Design amongst others, through designers such as William Morris, Martin Brothers, William Moorcroft, Christopher Dresser, Liberty & Co, Lucie Rie, William De Morgan, Ferdinand Preiss, René Lalique, Émile Gallé, Archibald Knox and the Cotswold School.

Mouseman And The Yorkshire Critters

Tennants is widely regarded as the leading auction house in the Arts & Crafts oak furniture and furnishings of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson. In 2016 Tennants staged the first ever exhibition of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson outside Kilburn in conjunction with his descendants. The Yorkshire Critters comprise over forty furniture makers working in the tradition of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson, many of whom trained in his Kilburn workshop. Increasingly popular, the most well-known of them include Stan ‘Woodpeckerman’ Dodds, Wilf ‘Squirrelman’ Hutchinson and Colin ‘Beaverman’ Almack

Numerous important private collections of Mouseman have been sold at Tennants over the years, including the Library from Leeds Girls’ High School, the Boardroom from Grattans in Bradford, the contents of St Hilda’s Priory in Whitby, and property from Marco-Pierre White’s Rudloe Arms Hotel in Wiltshire.

Your Specialist

Diane Sinnott is both the specialist in charge of the 20th Century Design Department and an experienced General Valuer. Since joining Tennants in 2002, Diane has been responsible for a number of high-profile sales, including the Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson Library at Leeds Girls’ High School, the Michael Webb Collection of Studio Ceramics, and the G. Kenneth Whitehead Deer Collection. Diane is considered to be one of the country’s most knowledgeable Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson and Yorkshire Critters specialists.

Diane began working in the auction business in 1996 having graduated from the Southampton Institute with a BA (Hons) in Fine Ar ts Valuation. She is a qualified Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in Chattels, and regularly gives talks on Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson and 20th Century Design. Diane has a particular interest and expertise in Arts & Crafts oak furniture, and is a member of the Decorative Arts Society.

Order Of Sale

Tennants is the UK’s largest family-owned fine art auctioneers, with a well-deserved reputation for delivering unrivalled service and results. Twenty-seven specialist departments offer an outstanding range of depth and expertise that, combined with the company’s strong traditional values and a personal approach, have won Tennants widespread respect in the international marketplace. Each year Tennants holds over 80 auctions and handles in excess of 40,000 lots covering all major disciplines, making it one of the UK’s busiest salerooms.