THOMAS GNOMEMAN WHITTAKER RARE BURR OAK STOOL

A Thomas Gnomeman Whittaker Yorkshire Oak Stool with a burr adzed oak top raised on a trestle base with carved waisted end supports recessed carved gnome signature to one side excellent patina with lovely burr oak top

Excellent condition throughout

Fully adzed to all visible areas superb piece

Height 40 cm
Width 45 cm
Depth 29.5 cm

Circa 1950/60

Price: SOLD

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 used only 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 Gnome mans work is highly sought after.
See also http://www.britishpathe.com/video/gnome-man/