Lot 411
ROBERT ‘MOUSEMAN’ THOMPSON (1876-1955)
CORNER CUPBOARD, CIRCA 1930
Auction: 19 April 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
oak with carved mouse signature, patinated steel fittings
Dimensions
108cm wide, 148cm high, 68cm deep
Provenance
Provenance: Collection of Robert Lawrie.
Footnote
Note: Robert Lawrie (1903–1982) commissioned Robert Thompson to make several pieces for his home in the 1930’s and early 1940’s. He was a British alpine and polar equipment specialist and racing driver born in Burnley. He trained as a shoe and boot maker at his father's firm which he later ran.
By the late 1920s he had become an accomplished climber and alpinist, and he started to design, manufacture and supply mountaineering boots to his own design. His boots proved popular and he was commissioned to supply boots for the 1933 Everest expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge. He provided boots, climbing and mountaineering equipment to many expeditions including John Hunt's successful 1953 Everest campaign.