An Arts & Crafts Yorkshire School Oak Dining Table by Coxwold Cabinet Makers 'Unicornman' c. 1980. A classic Yorkshire School table. Featuring:

• Solid Oak throughout.

• Rectangular top made out of continuous pieces of oak.

• Trestle ends with sledge feet united by a curved stretcher joined with keyed tenons.

Approximate dimensions are:

• Overall Length 1940mm (6 feet 4 1/4 inches).

• Overall Width 900mm (2 feet 11 1/4 inches).

• Overall Height 750mm (2 feet 5 1/2 inches) [A standard height for a dining table].

c. 1980.

Coxwold Cabinet Makers’ carved unicorn motif.

Very good condition with tight joints and original finish, A few minor marks and dints discoverable upon close inspection. 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.

A Coxwold based cabinet maker founden in 1987 by two local Yorkshire cabinet makers; Geoffrey Taylor-Gell and Jonathan Dixon. They are renowned for high quality custom-built furniture made using top quality materials using traditional cabinet making techniques, each featuring their unicorn motif.

The most British of woods, that can produce really special results. Oak has been used for hundreds of years to construct everything from sea-going vessels to fine furniture. 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.