An Arts & Crafts Yorkshire School English Oak Dining Table by Peter ‘Rabbitman’ Heap 1970. A lovely table with the trademark pegs from the fox joints showing on the top, by one of the most sought after Yorkshire School makers. Octagonal tables are far more sociable that typical rectangular ones, allowing everyone to see and talk to each other. Featuring:

• Solid English Oak throughout.

• Octagonal top made out of five continuous pieces of very well figured quarter-sawn solid timber with button screwed fixing

• Pegs from the fox joints on the top

• Cruciform base with sledge feet

Approximate dimensions are:

• Overall Width 1210mm (3 feet 11 1/2 inches)

• Overall Height 745mm (2 feet 5 1/4 inches) [A standard height for a dining table]

• Top thickness 40mm ( 1 1/2 inch)

1970

Peter ‘Rabbitman’ Heap’s hand-carved Rabbit motif On the base as expected

Excellent condition, excellent rich colour and grain, tight joints and very clean.. 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.

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