THOMAS GNOMEMAN WHITTAKER FULLY ADZED OAK DRESSER

A fully adzed Oak Gnomeman Dresser with an open rack and shaped freeze over a triple cupboard base with linen fold panels above 3 hidden drawers below and signed with a  carved gnome signature.

Fitted with cast iron hinges and handle’s.

Excellent patina and fully adzed to all visible areas

Height: 193 cm     Width: 125 cm    Depth 40 cm

Circa: 1950-60

Price : £2,250.00

Reference no 4537

Biography: Tom Whittaker circa 1910-1991 lived and worked in Littlebeck near Whitby after studying in his native York and with craftsmen in Germany and Switzerland.  He only used English oak and his trademark was to carve a little woodland gnome into each and every piece of furniture he made.  Legend has it that a gnome is born every time an acorn sprouts and then that gnome will guard that tree throughout its life.
Tom Whittaker the Gnome Man of Littlebecks work is highly recognised his Vulnerata statue of the wounded Virgin commissioned by the monastery of Valladolid replaced a figure defaced by Elizabethan sailors during a piratical raid is one of his noted works.
Tom Whittaker died in 1991 his business ended and his workshop was converted into a private house.  Of all the woodcarvers and furniture makers of North Yorkshire the Gnomeman’s work is highly sought after.
See also http://www.britishpathe.com/video/gnome-man/