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I endorse this, If you’re skilled, then show it, only the unskilled would object.
My credential's are? Dr Joseph Hemingway.
I was apprenticed to: Taylor & Hobson Ltd, Mechanics in Wood, Huddersfield, England. Starting In 1957.
I gained a first class “City & Guilds Certificate” in cabinetmaking, at “The Huddersfield Polytechnic” in 1960,.(the first ever recorded apprentice to do so at (T & H Ltd
I trained there under “Norman Holroyd”, who had worked all his life for this firm, ending as there Foreman Master Carver.
My PhD was gained in 2003, for Carving, Cabinetmaking Rococo theory, and Design.
Being the first ever carver to solve Chippendale’s 23R Design, (1762 director),.
Known as "The Impossible Chair”.
this can be viewed at: http://www.thomaschippendalefurniture.com
And my "Chippendale Ribbon-Back Chair" is now showing in the Sapfm gallery.
Background Information for:Taylor & Hobson Ltd, there History.
“Isaac Taylor,” of Huddersfield, worked between, 1757 & 1762, with Thomas Chippendale, as an engraver on his 3rd volume of:" The Gentleman & cabinetmakers Director, 1762.
“Nathaniel Hobson,” from London, was apprentice to Thomas Chippendale, in 1754.
There two off springs made up Taylor & Hobson, first trading in London,then moving back to Huddersfield, Hobson trading from 1865. Taylor from 1851, both trading separately before joining as Taylor & Hobson Ltd in 1899.
My credential's are? Dr Joseph Hemingway.
I was apprenticed to: Taylor & Hobson Ltd, Mechanics in Wood, Huddersfield, England. Starting In 1957.
I gained a first class “City & Guilds Certificate” in cabinetmaking, at “The Huddersfield Polytechnic” in 1960,.(the first ever recorded apprentice to do so at (T & H Ltd
I trained there under “Norman Holroyd”, who had worked all his life for this firm, ending as there Foreman Master Carver.
My PhD was gained in 2003, for Carving, Cabinetmaking Rococo theory, and Design.
Being the first ever carver to solve Chippendale’s 23R Design, (1762 director),.
Known as "The Impossible Chair”.
this can be viewed at: http://www.thomaschippendalefurniture.com
And my "Chippendale Ribbon-Back Chair" is now showing in the Sapfm gallery.
Background Information for:Taylor & Hobson Ltd, there History.
“Isaac Taylor,” of Huddersfield, worked between, 1757 & 1762, with Thomas Chippendale, as an engraver on his 3rd volume of:" The Gentleman & cabinetmakers Director, 1762.
“Nathaniel Hobson,” from London, was apprentice to Thomas Chippendale, in 1754.
There two off springs made up Taylor & Hobson, first trading in London,then moving back to Huddersfield, Hobson trading from 1865. Taylor from 1851, both trading separately before joining as Taylor & Hobson Ltd in 1899.