‘Mouseman’ sideboard – £14,000 at David Lay.
More homely than the material being produced in Scandinavia and France, the adzed oak furniture first made by Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson in the 1920s-30s was, nevertheless, a distinctive genre.
Although selling to a different market than Eames and Aalto and the like, it is included in 20th century sales where it is welcomed by devoted fans across the UK.