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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lauragarnet, post: 265831, member: 105&quot;]Good link Debora! I especially like the The Keswick School of Industrial Art motto: &#039;The Loving Eye and Patient Hand Should Work With Joy and Bless This Land&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>This is interesting:</p><p>...&#039;All wood carving will be from the solid, in low relief, and suitable for furniture. No fretwork will be allowed.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this:</p><p>...Apparently every article made at the School was stamped with the school mark, with nothing been allowed to be sold by individual members. However pieces are seen which are attributable to KSIA (as they are to the same design as stamped pieces) unmarked and others are seen with the stamp of W H Mawson and E Harrison....</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another link with additional info specifically about <b>William Henry Mawson</b> of Keswick. (Scroll down the page to see the write-up about him)...</p><p><b><a href="http://ksia.co.uk/history.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ksia.co.uk/history.html" rel="nofollow">http://ksia.co.uk/history.html</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>He opened his own set of shops called<font size="4"><b> The Keswick Home Industry</b></font> that took up alot space about 1900-1901. The writers at the link also speculate part of the reason he set up his own shop was because he wanted to be able to mark his work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, he was like us! He looked for, collected and sold antiques in addition to the handmade items he and other graduates of the<b> Keswick School of Industrial Arts</b> made.</p><p><br /></p><p>Internet searches bring up lots of his metal work, but have only been able to find one other piece of carved wood furniture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scroll down to the bottom of page to find this picture:</p><p><img src="http://www.mccubbingandredfern.co.uk/34Endlots.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.mccubbingandredfern.co.uk/catalog%20July%2012%20Wells.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mccubbingandredfern.co.uk/catalog%20July%2012%20Wells.htm" rel="nofollow">401 19th century high back Welsh carved seat, engraved W.H Mawson Carver 40-80</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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