YORKSHIRE OAK CORNER CUPBOARD BY LIZARDMAN MARTIN DUTTON

Martin Dutton Lizardman hanging corner cupboard with lovely carvings of  oak leaves and acorn frieze above a linen fold carved door recessed Dutton signature to adzed  frame

Width:  57cm         Depth: 39.5cm       Height:  60.5cm

Lovely golden oak colour and condition

Circa 1960

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Martin Dutton Lizardman (1921-2009) of Huby near York was deaf this condition did not restrict him from becoming an excellent Yorkshire furniture maker and woodcarver.
Martin started his woodworking career as an apprentice to Robert Mouseman Thompson he was renowned for being a highly skilled craftsman and he was the most talented of a small group of deaf workers at Robert Thompson’s during the Second World War leaving in the late 1940’s.
Martin became the senior woodwork master at The Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf in Doncaster.