Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

360 A pair of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson of Kilburn oak armchairs, 1928 each with curved top-rail carved with a pair of cats’heads, outcurved arm supports, the back supports carved with a shield, the initials and date ‘CLR 1928’, open-work panel side supports, cow hide seat, faceted octagonal supports carved with a mouse, conforming legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher, on bun feet, carved with signature mouse (2) R   -   Commissioned for Charles Rycroft in 1928 123