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Fouister, Robert (1890)

Fouister, Robert

Orkney Islands, Scotland; chair maker (c.1890)

A photograph of this chairmaker making the straw back of an Orkney chair while his daughter twisted seagrass into the twine used to hold the straw in place is illus. Carruthers (2013), p. 134.

Source: Carruthers, The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland (2013).