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All of his furniture bore a carved mouse, giving rise to his name, 'The Mouseman'. The chair is made of solid oak and shaped with an adze and carved by hand with leather upholstery. In the centre of the back is a shield bearing the monogram AC and the date 1932. The arm splats are decorated with the Yorkshire Tudor Rose and the chair also bears the head of a cat and two mice carved in relief. The chair was possibly made as a gift from Thompson to Arthur Coates for his 70th birthday in 1932. Coates had worked in the joinery workshop of Thompson's father and may have taught Robert Thompson how to carve.","physicalDescription":"An oak armchair with a leather seat, in the form of a nineteenth century desk chair. A shield on the back bears the monogram AC and the date 1932. 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